Petroleum Related Contamination — Produced Water — Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research Project

Abbott, M.M., 2003,

Real-time kinematic (RTK) surveying at the Osage-Skiatook petroleum environmental research sites, Osage County, Oklahoma, in Kharaka, Y.K., and Otton, J.K., eds., Environmental Impacts of Petroleum Production--Initial Results from the Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research Sites, Osage County, Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4260, p. 151-159.

Abbott, M.M., 2002,

Real-time kinematic surveying at the Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research sites, Osage County, Oklahoma, in 9th International Petroleum Environmental Conference Special Session--Fate and Transport of Brine and Hydrocarbon Releases in Soils and Water, Northeast Oklahoma, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 22-25, 2002: p. 22.

Abbott, M.M., 2000,

Water quality of the Quaternary and Ada-Vamoosa aquifers on the Osage Reservation, Osage County, Oklahoma, 1997, in Sublette, K.L., ed., Environmental Issues and Solutions in Petroleum Exploration, Production and Refining--Proceedings 7th IPEC meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 7-10, 2000: Tulsa, Okla., University of Tulsa, p. 979-1045 (CD-ROM format).

Breit, G.N., Kharaka, Y.K., Otton, J.K., Zielinsky, R.A., Rice, C.A., Smith, B.D., and Ridgley, J.L., 1997,

USGS studies of water co-produced with oil and gas--Implications for future petroleum resource development, in 1997 SPE/EPA Exploration and Production Environmental Conference, Dallas, Texas: p. SPE 37901-11.

Breit, G.N., Kharaka, Y.K., and Rice, C.A., 2000,

National database on the chemical composition of formation water from petroleum wells, in Sublette, K.L., ed., Environmental Issues and Solutions in Petroleum Exploration, Production and Refining--Proceedings 7th IPEC meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 7-10, 2000: Tulsa, Okla., University of Tulsa, p. 920-943 (CD-ROM format).

Godsy, E.M., Hostettler, F.D., Warren, E., Paganelli, V.V., and Kharaka, Y.K., 2003,

Environmental impacts of petroleum production--The fate of petroleum and other organics associated with produced water from the Osage-Skiatook petroleum environmental research sites, Osage County, Oklahoma, in Sublette, K., ed., 9th Annual International Petroleum Environmental Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 22-25, 2002: IPEC, p. 20 pages.

Godsy, E.M., Hostettler, F.D., Warren, E., Paganelli, V.V., and Kharaka, Y.K., 2003,

The fate of petroleum and other organics associated with produced water from the Osage-Skiatook petroleum environmental research sites, Osage County, Oklahoma, in Kharaka, Y.K., and Otton, J.K., eds., Environmental impacts of petroleum production--Initial results from the Osage-Skiatook petroleum environmental research (OSPER) sites, Osage County, Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4260, p. 85-103.

Herkelrath, W.N., and Kharaka, Y.K., 2004,

Hydrology and subsurface transport of oil-field brine at the Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research "A" Site, Oklahoma, in International Petroleum Environmental Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 11-15, 2004.

Herkelrath, W.N., and Kharaka, Y.K., 2003,

Hydrologic controls on the subsurface transport of oil-field brine at the Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research (OSPER) B Site, Oklahoma, in Sublette, K., ed., 9th International Petroleum Environmental Conference Special Session--Fate and Transport of Brine and Hydrocarbon Releases in Soils and Water, Northeast Oklahoma, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 22-25, 2002: IPEC, p. 16 pages.

Herkelrath, W.N., and Kharaka, Y.K., 2003,

Hydrologic controls on the subsurface transport of oil-field brine at the Osage-Skiatook petroleum environmental "B" site, Oklahoma, in Kharaka, Y.K., and Otton, J.K., eds., Environmental impacts of petroleum production--Initial results from the Osage-Skiatook petroleum environmental research (OSPER) sites, Osage County, Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4260, p. 113-125.

Herkelrath, W.N., Kharaka, Y.K., Thordsen, J.J., and Abbott, M.M., 2007,

Hydrology and subsurface transport of oil-field brine at the U.S. Geological Survey OSPER Site "A", Osage County, Oklahoma: Applied Geochemistry, v. 22, no. 11, p. 2,155-2,163, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.04.004 (one of 6 papers in a special issue on environmental issues related to oil and gas exploration and production).

Hostettler, F.D., Kharaka, Y.K., and Godsy, E.M., 2002,

Environmental impacts of petroleum production--The fate of petroleum and other organics associated with produced water from the Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research sites, Osage County, OK, in 9th International Petroleum Environmental Conference Special Session--Fate and Transport of Brine and Hydrocarbon Releases in Soils and Water, Northeast Oklahoma, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 22-25, 2002: p. 20.

Kampbell, D.H., Abbott, M.M., and Smith, M., 2003,

Nearby lake sediment quality and seedling tree survival on eroded oily waste/brine contaminated soil, in 2003 10th Annual International Petroleum Environmental Conference, Houston, Texas, November 11-14, 2003: IPEC.

Kampbell, D.H., An, Y.-J., Kirby, W.G., and Abbott, M.M., 2003,

Impact of oil production releases on soil chemical properties at the Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research Project Site, in Sublette, K., ed., 9th International Petroleum Environmental Conference Special Session--Fate and Transport of Brine and Hydrocarbon Releases in Soils and Water, Northeast Oklahoma, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 22-25, 2002: IPEC, p. 7 pages.

Kampbell, D.H., An, Y.-J., Smith, M.W., and Abbott, M.M., 2003,

Impact of oil production releases on some soil chemical properties at the OSPER sites, in Kharaka, Y.K., and Otton, J.K., eds., Environmental Impacts of Petroleum Production--Initial Results from the Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research Sites, Osage County, Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4260, p. 105-112.

Keeland, B.D., and McCoy, J.W., 2003,

Effects of produced water and hydrocarbon releases on vegetation at site A of the Osage-Skiatook petroleum environmental research project, Osage County, Oklahoma, in 2003 10th Annual International Petroleum Environmental Conference, Houston, Texas, November 11-14, 2003: IPEC.

Kharaka, Y.K., Ambats, G., and Abbott, M.M., 2004,

Impacts of petroleum production on ground and surface waters--Results from the OSPER "B" Site, Osage County, Oklahoma, in International Petroleum Environmental Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 11-15, 2004.

Kharaka, Y.K., Ambats, G., and Thordsen, J.J., 1993,

Distribution and significance of dicarboxylic acid anions in oil field waters: Chemical Geology, v. 107, p. 499-501, doi:10.1016/0009-2541(93)90239-F.

Kharaka, Y.K., and Dorsey, N.S., 2005,

Environmental issues of petroleum exploration and production--Introduction: Environmental Geosciences, v. 12, no. 2, p. 61-63.

Kharaka, Y.K., and Dorsey, N.S., eds., 2005,

Environmental Geosciences special edition--Environmental issues of petroleum exploration and productionAmerican Association of Petroleum Geologists/Division of Environmental Geosciences, v. 12, no. 2, p.

Kharaka, Y.K., and Hanor, J.S., 2003,

Deep fluids in the continents--I, Sedimentary basins (chapter 16), in Drever, J.I., ed., Treatise on Geochemistry: Elsevier, v. 5 of 10 volumes.

Kharaka, Y.K., Kakouros, E., Thordsen, J.J., Ambats, G., and Abbott, M.M., 2007,

Fate and groundwater impacts of produced water releases at OSPER "B" site, Osage County, Oklahoma: Applied Geochemistry, v. 22, no. 11, p. 2,164-2,176, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.04.005 (one of 6 papers in a special issue on environmental issues related to oil and gas exploration and production).

Kharaka, Y.K., Leong, L.Y.C., Doran, G., and Breit, G.N., 1999,

Can produced water be reclaimed? - Experience with the Placerita oil field, California, in Sublette, K.L., ed., Environmental Issues in Petroleum Exploration, Production and Refining--Proceedings 5th International Petroleum Environmental Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 20-23, 1998: p. 25 (CD-ROM format).

Kharaka, Y.K., Lundegard, P.D., and Giordano, T.H., 2000,

Distribution and origin of organic ligands in subsurface waters from sedimentary basins, in Giordano, T.H., Kettler, R.M., and Wood, S.A.,, ed., Ore Genesis and Exploration--The Role of Organic Matter: Reviews in Economic Geology, v. 9, p. 119-131.

Kharaka, Y.K., and Otton, J.K., 2007,

Preface--Environmental issues related to oil and gas exploration and production: Applied Geochemistry, v. 22, no. 11, p. 2,095-2,098, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.04.006 (introduction to a special issue on environmental issues related to oil and gas exploration and production).

Kharaka, Y.K., Otton, J.K., and Abbott, M.M., 2004,

Environmental impacts of petroleum production--Results from OSPER "A" site, Oklahoma, in Wanty, R.B., and Seal III, R.R., eds., Proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium on Water Rock Interaction, Saratoga Springs, New York, June 27-July 2, 2004: A.A. Balkema, p. 1547-1550.

Kharaka, Y.K., and Otton, J.K., eds., 2003,

Environmental impacts of petroleum production--Initial results from the Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research Sites, Osage County, Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4260, 155 p.

Kharaka, Y.K., Thordsen, J.J., and Ambats, G., 1995,

Environmental degradation associated with exploration for and production of energy sources in USA, in Kharaka, Y.K., and Chudaev, O.V., eds., Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction: A.A. Balkema, p. 25-30.

Kharaka, Y.K., Thordsen, J.J., Kakouros, E., and Abbott, J.M., 2003,

The fate of inorganic and organic chemicals in produced water from the Osage-Skiatook petroleum environmental research sites, Osage County, Oklahoma, in Kharaka, Y.K., and Otton, J.K., eds., Environmental impacts of petroleum production--Initial results from the Osage -Skiatook petroleum environmental research (OSPER) sites, Osage County, Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4260, p. 57-84.

Kharaka, Y.K., Thordsen, J.J., Kakouros, E., and Abbott, M.M., 2003,

Environmental impacts of petroleum production: 1- The fate of inorganic and organic chemicals in produced water from the Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research B site, Osage County, OK, in Sublette, K., ed., 9th International Petroleum Environmental Conference Special Session--Fate and Transport of Brine and Hydrocarbon Releases in Soils and Water, Northeast Oklahoma, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 22-25, 2002: p. 30 pages.

Kharaka, Y.K., Thordsen, J.J., Kakouros, E., and Herkelrath, W.N., 2005,

Impacts of petroleum production on ground and surface waters--Results from the Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research A site, Osage County, Oklahoma: Environmental Geosciences, v. 12, no. 2, p. 127-138, doi:10.1306/eg.11160404038.

Kharaka, Y.K., and Wanty, R.B., 1995,

Water quality degradation associated with natural energy sources, in Carter, L.M.H., ed., Energy and the environment - Application of geosciences to decision-making: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1108, p. 24-27.

Otton, J.K., Asher-Bolinder, S., Owen, D.E., and Hall, L., 1997,

Effects of brine contamination at oil field production sites on the Osage Indian Reservation, northeastern Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-28, 38 p.

Otton, J.K., Herkelrath, W.N., Kharaka, Y.K., and Zielinski, R.A., 2004,

Impact of oil production fluid releases at the USGS' OSPER "B" site, Osage County, OK, USA, in Wanty, R.B., and Seal III, R.R., eds., Proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium on Water Rock Interaction, Saratoga Springs, New York, June 27-July 2, 2004: A.A. Balkema, p. 1601-1604.

Otton, J.K., and Reister, D.B., 2004,

Hyperspectral signature of the salt scar and other oilfield disturbed areas at USGS Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research (OSPER) Site a, northeast Oklahoma - A preliminary report, in International Petroleum Environmental Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 11-15, 2004.

Otton, J.K., and Zielinski, R.A., 2004,

Three-dimensional architecture of bedrock lithology, weathering, and produced water movement at the USGS Osage Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research (OSPER) site, northeast Oklahoma, in International Petroleum Environmental Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 11-15, 2004.

Otton, J.K., and Zielinski, R.A., 2003,

Produced water and hydrocarbon releases at the Osage-Skiatook petroleum environmental research sites, Osage County, Oklahoma--Introduction and geologic setting, in Sublette, K., ed., 9th Annual International Petroleum Environmental Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 22-25, 2002: IPEC, p. 39 pages.

Otton, J.K., and Zielinski, R.A., 2003,

Produced water and hydrocarbon releases at the Osage-Skiatook petroleum environmental research sites, Osage County, Oklahoma: Introduction and geologic setting, in Kharaka, Y.K., and Otton, J.K., eds., Environmental Impacts of Petroleum Production--Initial Results from the Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research Sites, Osage County, Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4260, p. 15-42.

Otton, J.K., and Zielinski, R.A., 1999,

Naturally occurring radioactive minerals (NORM) in produced water and oil-field equipment--An issue for the energy industry: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-142-99, 4 p.

Otton, J.K., Zielinski, R.A., Smith, B.D., and Abbott, M.M., 2007,

Geologic controls on movement of produced-water releases at U.S. Geological Survey Research Site A, Skiatook Lake, Osage County, Oklahoma: Applied Geochemistry, v. 22, no. 11, p. 2,138-2,154, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.04.015 (one of 6 papers in a special issue on environmental issues related to oil and gas exploration and production).

Otton, J.K., Zielinski, R.A., Smith, B.D., Abbott, M.M., and Keeland, B.D., 2005,

Environmental impacts of oil production on soil, bedrock, and vegetation at the U.S. Geological Survey Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research site A, Osage County, Oklahoma: Environmental Geosciences, v. 12, no. 2, p. 73-87, doi:10.1306/eg.09280404030.

Rice, C.A., Abbott, M.M., and Zielinski, R.A., 2007,

Use of dissolved chloride concentrations in tributary streams to support geospatial estimates of Cl contamination potential near Skiatook Lake, Northeastern Oklahoma: Applied Geochemistry, v. 22, no. 11, p. 2,193-2,206, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.04.016 (one of 6 papers in a special issue on environmental issues related to oil and gas exploration and production).

Rice, C.A., Cathcart, J.D., Zielinski, R.A., and Otton, J.K., 2003,

Characterization of soils at an active oil production site--Effects of brine and hydrocarbon contamination, in Kharaka, Y.K., and Otton, J.K., eds., Environmental Impacts of Petroleum Production--Initial Results from the Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research Sites, Osage County, Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4260, p. 137-150.

Sirivedhin, T., and Dallbaumann, L., 2004,

Organic matrix in produced water from the Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research site, Osage County, Oklahoma: Chemosphere, v. 57, p. 463-469, doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.05.034.

Smith, B.D., Bisdorf, R.J., Horton, R.J., Otton, J.K., and Hutton, R.S., 2003,

Preliminary geophysical characterization of two oil production sites, Osage County, Oklahoma -- Osage Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research Project, in Sublette, K., ed., 9th Annual International Petroleum Environmental Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 22-25, 2002: IPEC, p. 20 pages.

Smith, B.D., Bisdorf, R.J., Horton, R.J., Otton, J.K., and Hutton, R.S., 2003,

Preliminary geophysical characterization of two oil production sites, Osage County, Oklahoma--Osage-Skiatook petroleum environmental research project, in Kharaka, J.K., and Otton, J.K., eds., Environmental Impacts of Petroleum Production--Initial Results from the Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research Sties, Osage County, Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4260, p. 43-56.

Smith, B.D., Otton, J.K., Zielinski, R.A., Abbott, M.M., and Huang, H., 2004,

Conductivity depth imaging of areas of shallow brine plumes at the USGS OSPER Site, Osage Co., Oklahoma, in International Petroleum Environmental Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 11-15, 2004.

Thordsen, J.J., Kharaka, Y.K., and Ambats, G., 2002,

Environmental impacts of petroleum production--2 - The fate of inorganic and organic chemicals in produced water from the Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research site A, Osage County, Oklahoma, in 9th Annual International Petroleum Environmental Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 22-25, 2002.

Thordsen, J.J., Kharaka, Y.K., Ambats, G., Kakouros, E., and Abbott, M.M., 2007,

Geochemical data from produced water contamination investigations--Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research (OSPER) Sites, Osage County, Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1055, 15 p (appendix in seperate Miscorsoft Excel file).

Thordsen, J.J., Kharaka, Y.K., and Kakouros, E., 2004,

Removal of contaminant salt from a depleted petroleum field by runoff--Results from OSPER "A" site, Osage County, Oklahoma, in International Petroleum Environmental Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 11-15, 2004.

Wanty, R.B., and Kharaka, Y.K., 1997,

USGS research on saline waters co-produced with energy resources: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-003-97.

Zielinski, R.A., and Budahn, J.R., 2007,

Mode of occurrence and environmental mobility of oil-field radioactive material at US Geological Survey Research Site B, Osage-Skiatook Project, Northeastern Oklahoma: Applied Geochemistry, v. 22, no. 11, p. 2,125-2,137, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.04.014 (one of 6 papers in a special issue on environmental issues related to oil and gas exploration and production).

Zielinski, R.A., and Budahn, J.R., 2004,

Mode of occurrence and environmental mobility of oilfield NORM at USGS Research Site B, Osage Skiatook project, northeast Oklahoma, in International Petroleum Environmental Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 11-15, 2004.

Zielinski, R.A., Cathcart, J.D., Hannah, T.L., and Bullock Jr., J.H., 2003,

Determining the distribution of subsurface salt contamination using the composition of oak leaves--A case study at an oil production site, northeast Oklahoma, in 2003 10th Annual International Petroleum Environmental Conference, Houston, Texas, November 11-14, 2003: IPEC.

Zielinski, R.A., Herkelrath, W.N., and Otton, J.K., 2007,

Composition of pore water in lake sediments, research site "B", Osage County, Oklahoma--Implications for lake water quality and benthic organisms: Applied Geochemistry, v. 22, no. 11, p. 2,177-2,192, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.04.013 (one of 6 papers in a special issue on environmental issues related to oil and gas exploration and production).

Zielinski, R.A., Rice, C.A., and Otton, J.K., 2003,

Use of soil extracts to define the extent of brine-impacted soils and bedrock at oil production site "B", Osage-Skiatook Project, northeastern Oklahoma, in Sublette, K., ed., 9th International Petroleum Environmental Conference Special Session--Fate and Transport of Brine and Hydrocarbon Releases in Soils and Water, Northeast Oklahoma, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 22-25, 2002: IPEC, p. 12 pages.

Zielinski, R.A., Rice, C.A., and Otton, J.K., 2003,

Use of soil extracts to define the extent of brine-impacted soils and bedrock at the Osage-Skiatook petroleum environmental research "B" site, northeastern Oklahoma, in Kharaka, Y.K., and Otton, J.K., eds., Environmental Impacts of Petroleum Production--Initial Results from the Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research Sites, Osage County, Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4260, p. 127-135.

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