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
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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