U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

icon-dot-gov

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

icon-https

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Spatial Extent of Data

USGS Thesaurus Keywords

ISO 19115 Topic Category

Other Subject Keywords

Historical Produced Water Chemistry Data Compiled for the North Coles Levee Oilfield, Kern County, California

This dataset contains geochemical and other information for 40 historical samples of produced water from the North Coles Levee Oil Field. Three of these samples are from commingled tanks containing produced water from multiple wells as noted in the “Remarks” column. Water that is produced as a byproduct of oil production is called produced water. The numerical water chemistry data were compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from scanned laboratory analysis reports available from the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM). Sample site characteristics, such as well construction details, were attributed using a combination of information provided with the scanned laboratory analysis reports and well history files from CalGEM Well Finder. The data were transferred manually into a numerical dataset and organized by specific produced water chemical characteristics. Each sample is identified by its API (American Petroleum Institute) number, latitude and longitude, well name, formation name, perforation interval, and date tested. The geochemical analyses include major ions, some minor ions, total dissolved solids (TDS), pH, specific gravity, resistivity, electrical conductivity, and charge balance. The collection and analysis methods and circumstances under which the historical samples were collected cannot be fully known. The intent is to use these historical data in grouped analysis including many sample results, rather than detailed interpretation of each individual sample. Caution should be used in basing interpretations of the data on single sample results.

Get Data and Metadata
Author(s) Kathleen D Gans, Loren F Metzger, Janice M Gillespie, Sharon L Qi orcid
Publication Date 2021-11-17
Beginning Date of Data 1957
Ending Date of Data 1990
Data Contact
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GD7W9L
Citation Gans, K.D., Metzger, L.F., Gillespie, J.M., and Qi, S.L., 2021, Historical Produced Water Chemistry Data Compiled for the North Coles Levee Oilfield, Kern County, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GD7W9L.
Metadata Contact
Metadata Date 2021-11-17
Related Publication
Citations of these data

Loading https://doi.org/10.1007/S12665-022-10362-4

Access public
License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
Loading...
Harvest Source: ScienceBase
Harvest Date: 2024-04-30T15:20:04.473Z