Data on Produced Water Quality and Quantities from Hydraulically Fractured Williston Basin Oil Wells

December 17, 2021

This dataset contains compositional data on 17 produced water samples from hydraulically fractured unconventional oil wells completed in the Middle Bakken and Three Forks Formations. The oil wells are located in five different wellfields across the Williston Basin. Specific gravity, conductivity, temperature, pH and oxidation-reduction potential for each sample was measured in the field. Ions (B, Li, Cl, Na, Br), biomarkers (Pristane /n-C17 and Phytane /n-C18), glycol ether compounds, major ions, as well as radium (Ra-228/Ra-226), boron (&#948;11B), oxygen (&#948;18O) and hydrogen (&#948;2H) isotopic ratios were analyzed in the lab. Well profiles are provided to increase understanding of the produced waters compositions in the context of the depth of the well, age of the well, the time since hydraulic fracturing, the amounts of water injected and produced since hydraulic fracturing, the hydraulic fracturing treatment fluid types injected.

Citation Information

Publication Year	2021
Title	Data on Produced Water Quality and Quantities from Hydraulically Fractured Williston Basin Oil Wells
DOI	10.5066/P9GH084X
Authors	Mary R Croke, Tanya J Gallegos, Colin Doolan, Rodney Caldwell, Mark Engle, Matthew S Varonka, Glenn D Jolly, Tyler B Coplen, Thomas Oliver, Justin E Birdwell
Product Type	Data Release
Record Source	USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog
USGS Organization	Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

Data on Produced Water Quality and Quantities from Hydraulically Fractured Williston Basin Oil Wells

Citation Information

Physical Science Student

Associate Program Coordinator / Research Engineer

Research Geologist

Supervisory Research Geologist

Research Chemist

Physical Science Technician

Research Engineer and Geochemist

Related Content