Chairs: Jean-Philippe Nicot, University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States and Bridget R Scanlon, University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States
Primary Convener: Jean-Philippe Nicot, University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States
Co-Convener: Bridget R Scanlon, University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States
OSPA Liaison: Jean-Philippe Nicot, University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States
Airborne Geophysical Surveys Applied to Hydrocarbon Resource Development Environmental Studies (18362)
Bruce D Smith, U.S. Geological Survey, Crustal Geophysics and Geochemistry, Lakewood, CO, United States, Lyndsay B Ball, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, United States, Carol Finn, USGS, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, United States, Andy Kass, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark and Joanna Thamke, U.S. Geological Suvery,, Helena, MT, United States
Numerical Model of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Transport in the Subsurface with Pressure Transient, Density Effects, and Imbibition (18571)
Daniel Birdsell, Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, Harihar Rajaram, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, David Dempsey, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States and Hari Selvi Viswanathan, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos, United States
Halogens in oil and gas production-associated wastewater. (9583)
Jennifer Harkness, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States, Nathaniel R Warner, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, Gary S. Dwyer, Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States, William Mitch, Stanford University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States and Avner Vengosh, Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, United States
Accumulation of radium in sediments from continued disposal of produced water and hydraulic fracturing flowback water (23107)
Nathaniel R Warner1, Emma C Menio2, Joshua D Landis3, Avner Vengosh4, Nancy Lauer5, Jennifer Harkness5 and Andrew Kondash5, (1)Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, (2)NSF, Alexandria, United States, (3)Dartmouth College, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Hanover, NH, United States, (4)Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, United States, (5)Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
Occurrence and Origin of Methane in Relation to Major Ion Concentrations in Groundwater Wells of the Denver-Julesburg and Piceance Basins of Colorado (13161)
Jessica Dehart Rogers1, Owen Sherwood2, Greg Lackey1, Troy L Burke1, Stephen G Osborn3 and Joseph Nolte Ryan4, (1)University of Colorado at Boulder, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)University of Colorado at Boulder, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)California State Polytechnic University Pomona, Pomona, CA, United States, (4)University of Colorado Boulder, Environmental Engineering Program, Boulder, United States
Screening for Dissolved Methane in Groundwater Across Texas Shale Plays (11066)
Jean-Philippe Nicot1, Patrick John Mickler2, Zacariah Hildenbrand3, Toti Larson4, Roxana Darvari2, Kristine Uhlman2, Rebecca C. Smyth2 and Bridget R Scanlon5, (1)The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States, (2)University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States, (3)Inform Environmental LLC, Dallas, TX, United States, (4)University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences, Austin, TX, United States, (5)University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States
Direct and indirect indicators to identify potential leakage of contaminants associated with unconventional oil and gas development based on conceptual geochemical and isotopic monitoring approaches (25895)
Pauline Humez1, Bernhard Mayer2, Philippe Jean Negrel3, Julie Lions4, Vincent Lagneau5, Wolfram Kloppmann6, Jenifer Ing1, Veith Becker2 and Michael Nightingale2, (1)University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, (2)University of Calgary, Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment, Calgary, AB, Canada, (3)BRGM, Laboratories Division, Cedex, France, (4)BRGM, Cedex, France, (5)Mines ParisTech, Paris, France, (6)BRGM, French Geological Survey, Orléans, France
Shallow Aquifer Methane Gas Source Assessment (26229)
Dorina Murgulet1, Paula S Rose2, Richard Hay2 and Richard B Coffin1, (1)Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Corpus Christi, United States, (2)Texas A & M University Corpus Christi, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Corpus Christi, TX, United States
Rapid, Real-time Methane Detection in Ground Water Using a New Gas-Water Equilibrator Design (31110)
Christopher J Ruybal1, Dominic C DiGiulio2, Richard T Wilkin3, Kristie D Hargrove3 and John E McCray1, (1)Colorado School of Mines, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Golden, CO, United States, (2)U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Retired), National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Ground Water and Ecosystems Restoration Division, Ada, OK, United States, (3)U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Ground Water and Ecosystems Restoration Division, Ada, OK, United States
Management of Water for Unconventional Oil and Gas Operations Enhanced with the Expanded U.S.Geological Survey Produced Waters Geochemical Database (19119)
Kathleen Dallas Gans1, Madalyn S Blondes2, James Joseph Thordsen3, Burt Thomas1, Mark E Reidy4, Mark Engle5,6, Yousif K Kharaka1 and Elisabeth L Rowan4, (1)U. S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Reston, United States, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States, (5)University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, United States, (6)U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Energy Resources Science Center, Reston, VA, United States