Preliminary efforts are underway that could lead to the construction of a sodium-nickel-chloride battery manufacturing plant in Roswell.
Desert Mountain Energy Corporation, which is based in Vancouver, has signed a non-binding letter of intent that may spur the development of a facility designed to use what is known as “produced water” from gas and oil wells to support battery production.
The waters would be a component of a cooling and processing system in that production.
Specializing in helium, hydrogen, and natural gas, Desert Mountain has said that in treating the produced water it can both reduce the amount of water extracted from an aquifer, while also lowering operating costs for small oil and gas producers.
With a focus on projects in the southwest, Desert Mountain, according to a company statement, is focused on culling helium from “different raw gas sources in an environmental and economic manner supplying elements deemed critical to the renewable energy and high technology industries.”
The company’s letter of intent agreement is with the Roswell Information Park, seeing a funding commitment of about $3.2 million for the building of 14 miles of eight-inch pipeline.
In an official statement released by Desert Mountain it is noted that the parties involved will “now begin detailed due diligence, engineering evaluation, and the development of a definitive joint-venture agreement.”
December 5, 2025
By Garry Boulard
