Environmental Issues Related to Oil and Gas Exploration and Production
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) sponsored a special session on "Environmental Issues Related to Oil and Gas Exploration and Production" (T12) at the Geological Society of America's Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, October 16-19, 2005. Information on the past and present impacts to soil, surface and ground waters, and ecosystems caused by exploration and production of petroleum and coal-bed methane were presented at the meeting. USGS scientists gave 10 presentations on the Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research Site (OSPER), Okalahoma. The OSPER project is a multidisciplinary investigation to determine the fate and effects of the disposal of produced water on the near-surface environment.
OSPER Presentations
- Geologic Controls on Movement of Surface and Subsurface Brine at the Osper "A" Site, Skiatook Lake, Osage County, Oklahoma, by Otton, James K., USGS, Zielinski, Robert A., USGS, and Abbott, Marvin M., USGS
- Electrical Geophysical Surveys of Oil Field Saline Water Contamination, Osage Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research Site, Northeastern, Oklahoma, by Smith, Bruce D., USGS, Haung, Haoping, Geophex Ltd., Otton, James K., USGS, Zielinski, Robert, USGS, Kharaka, Yousif K., USGS, and Abbott, Marvin M., USGS
- Borehole Induction Conductivity and Natural Gamma Logging at the Osage Skiatook Research Site, Northeastern, Oklahoma: Lessons Learned, by Abbott, Marvin M., USGS, Smith, Bruce D., USGS, Zielinski, Robert A., USGS, Thordsen, James J., USGS, and Otton, James K., USGS
- Pore Waters Contaminated with Oil Field Brine, Osage County, Oklahoma: Implications for Water Quality and Ecosystem Health, by Zielinski, Robert A., USGS, Herkelrath, William N., USGS, and Otton, James K., USGS
- Organic Compounds Related to Produced-Water Releases: Results from the Osper "A" Site, Osage County, Oklahoma, by Kakouros, Evangelos, USGS, Kharaka, Yousif K., USGS, Ambats, Gil, USGS, and Topping, Brent R., USGS
- Environmental Impacts of Oil and Gas Exploration and Production: Ground Water Impacts at Osper Sites, Osage County, Oklahoma, by Kharaka, Yousif K., USGS, Thordsen, James J., USGS, Kakouros, Evangelos, USGS, and Ambats, Gil, USGS
- Fate and Transport of Oil-Field Brine at the Osper Sites, Oklahoma, by Herkelrath, William N., USGS, and Kharaka, Yousif K., USGS
- Microbial Ecology and Geochemistry of Produced Water from the Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research Sites, Osage County, Oklahoma, by Warren, Ean, USGS, Hostettler, Frances D., USGS, Godsy, E. Michael, USGS, Paganelli, Victor V., USGS, and Kharaka, Yousif K., USGS
- Natural Attenuation and Removal of Contaminant Salt from Produced Water Releases by Runoff: Osper Site A, Osage County, Oklahoma, by Thordsen, James J., USGS, Kakouros, Evangelos, USGS, and Kharaka, Yousif K., USGS
- Use of Dissolved Chloride Concentrations in Tributary Streams to Support Geospatial Estimates of Cl Contamination Potential Near Skiatook Lake, Northeastern Oklahoma, by Rice, Cynthia A., USGS, Abbott, Marvin M., USGS, and Zielinski, Robert A., USGS
Conveners
- Yousif K. Kharaka, USGS
- James K. Otton, USGS
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