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INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES AND SELECTED SOURCES
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Blue Whale Oklahoma Facility

Blue Whale Materials

Bartlesville, OK, USA

-95.894666, 36.7314886

The Big Green Machine Site ID: 550A

Project Timeline

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Additional Information:

Sector: Batteries

Activity: Materials Processing

Product: Recycled Materials


Project Announcement Date: 9/20/2023

Target for Starting Production: 2026

Date Commercial Production Started:

Announced Post Inflation Reduction Act: Yes


Target Annual Production: 14000 tpa

Operating Status: Pilot


Target Jobs: 75

Current Jobs: 0

Congressional District: OK3

Government Subsidies:

Local/State: $1.75 million

Selected Sources:

“Blue Whale Materials Selects Bartlesville, Oklahoma for its First Commercial-Scale Li-Ion Battery Processing Facility.”, Blue Whale Materials, 19 Sep 2023. 🔗


“Blue Whale Materials headed to Bartlesville”, City of Bartlesville, 19 Sep 2023. 🔗



“Blue Whale Materials to receive $55M to expand lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Oklahoma”, Alexis Gajewski, Plant Services, 03 Oct 2024. 🔗


“Blue Whale Materials Commissions Baseline Plant in Bartlesville to Advance U.S. Battery Recycling Expansion”, Business Wire, 30 Sep 2025. 🔗


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