T40 Environmental Issues Related to Oil and Gas Exploration and Production II

Sunday, 16 October 2005
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:40 PM
  ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION: GROUND WATER IMPACTS AT OSPER SITES, OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
  Yousif K. Kharaka, Menlo Park, CA and James J. Thordsen, Menlo Park, CA and Evangelos Kakouros, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Gil Ambats, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA
  91663 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:55 PM
  FATE AND TRANSPORT OF OIL-FIELD BRINE AT THE OSPER SITES, OKLAHOMA
  William N. Herkelrath, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Yousif K. Kharaka, Menlo Park, CA
  91641 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF PRODUCED WATER FROM THE OSAGE-SKIATOOK PETROLEUM ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH SITES, OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
  Ean Warren, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Frances D. Hostettler, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and E. Michael Godsy, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Victor V. Paganelli, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Yousif K. Kharaka, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA
  96892 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  NATURAL ATTENUATION AND REMOVAL OF CONTAMINANT SALT FROM PRODUCED WATER RELEASES BY RUNOFF: OSPER SITE A, OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
  James J. Thordsen, Menlo Park, CA and Evangelos Kakouros, Menlo Park, CA and Yousif K. Kharaka, Menlo Park, CA
  94348 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  USE OF DISSOLVED CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS IN TRIBUTARY STREAMS TO SUPPORT GEOSPATIAL ESTIMATES OF CL CONTAMINATION POTENTIAL NEAR SKIATOOK LAKE, NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
  Cynthia A. Rice, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO and Marvin M. Abbott, United States Geol Survey, Oklahoma City, OK and Robert A. Zielinski, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  97002 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  COMBINING AIRBORNE EM AND SURFACE-WATER ANALYSES TO IDENTIFY NATURAL AND OIL-FIELD SALINITY SOURCES THAT DEGRADE WATER QUALITY IN TWO TEXAS STREAMS
  Jeffrey Paine, Jackson School of Geosciences, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Edward W. Collins, Jackson School of Geosciences, The Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and H. Seay Nance, Jackson School of Geosciences, The Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  96103 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  ELECTROMAGNETIC METHODS TO DELINEATE AREAS OF HIGH CONDUCTIVITY IN SHALLOW AQUIFERS, EAST POPLAR OIL FIELD AREA, NORTHEASTERN MONTANA, 2004
  Joanna N. Thamke, Helena, MT and Bruce D. Smith, N/A, Denver, CO and Christa Tyrrell, Poplar, MT
  94186 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  ENVRIONMENTAL CONTAMINANT RELEASES FROM E&P OPERATIONS IN OKLAHOMA: TYPE, VOLUME, CAUSES AND PREVENTION
  J. Berton Fisher, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK and Kerry L. Sublette, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
  88114 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:05 PM
  VERIFYING THE ORIGIN AND PREDICTING THE FATE OF PRODUCED WATER CONTAMINATION - SOME INSIGHTS FROM THE SOUTH LOUISIANA GULF COAST
  Jeffrey Hanor, Louisiana State Univ Dept Geology & Geophysics, Baton Rouge, LA
  91869 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:20 PM
  HYDRODYNAMICS OF COALBED METHANE RESERVOIRS IN THE BLACK WARRIOR BASIN: KEY TO UNDERSTANDING RESERVOIR PERFORMANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
  Jack Pashin, Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
  92395 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:35 PM
  GROUND-WATER QUALITY IMPACTS RELATED TO AN IMPOUNDMENT FOR COALBED METHANE WATER, POWDER RIVER BASIN, WYOMING
  Richard W. Healy, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO and Cynthia A. Rice, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO and Timothy T. Bartos, U.S. Geological Survey, Cheyenne, WY and Michael McKinley, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Buffalo, WY and Bruce D. Smith, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO
  95066 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:50 PM
  TREATMENT OF PRODUCED WATER WITH A SMZ-VPB SYSTEM: BUFFERING OF THE GAS PHASE REGENERATION STREAM
  Soondong Kwon, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Kerry A. Kinney, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Lynn E. Katz, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, NM and Robert Bowman, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM
  95375 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:05 PM
  NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR RE-USE OF PRODUCED WATER - WATER QUALITY AND PERMITTING ISSUES
  Elaine B. Darby, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Lynn Katz, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Kerry Kinney, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Robert Bowman, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM and Enid Sullivan, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
  94052 (Technical Sessions)