Public Webinar on the USGS study results for Groundwater Quality of Aquifers Overlying the Oxnard Oil Field, Ventura County, California
The USGS and State Water Board Oil and Gas Regional Groundwater Monitoring Program are hosting a webinar Friday, February 19 at 10am PT to discuss the scientific findings of the Groundwater Quality of Aquifers Overlying the Oxnard Oil Field, Ventura County, California study.
Recently published findings of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) groundwater study near the Oxnard Oil Field shows no evidence of hydrocarbon-bearing formation water mixing into overlying groundwater aquifers. The study, “Groundwater Quality of Aquifers Overlying the Oxnard Oil Field, Ventura County, California,” was conducted as part of a State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) regional groundwater monitoring program in areas of oil and gas production and was released in the journal Science of the Total Environment.
Due to the public interest in the scientific findings of this study, the USGS and State Water Board Oil and Gas Regional Groundwater Monitoring Program are hosting a webinar Friday, February 19 at 10am PT. During the webinar, USGS scientists will answer questions received in advance about the results of the scientific study. To watch the webinar live, please visit the CalEPA Webcast Home Page.
If you have questions pertaining to the Oxnard study, please submit them via email in advance by Tuesday, February 16 at 5pm to OilandGas@waterboards.ca.gov. Questions about the SWRCB oil and gas monitoring program and related issues will not be addressed in this webinar.
The full article can be found at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969720383558.
Supporting data can be found here:
Rosecrans, C.Z., Rodriguez, O., Teunis, J.A., Davis, T.A., Johnson, J.C., McCarlson, A.J., and Qi, S.L., 2021, Water chemistry data for samples collected at groundwater sites near the Oxnard oil field, June 2017–August 2017, Ventura County, California: U.S. Geologic Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P99EHQ8H.
Stephens, M.J., Sowers, T.A., Courser, H.N., Bunch, J.D., and Rosecrans, C.Z., 2021, Mud logs from the Oxnard Oil Field, Ventura County, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P913QDD5.
Stephens, M.J., Shimabukuro, D.H., Rosecrans, C.Z., and Watson, E., 2021, Fluid levels in the Oxnard Oil Field, Ventura County, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9UG4BP3
For more information on the SWRCB Oil and Gas Regional Monitoring Program, please visit:
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