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Geochemistry and microbiology data collected to study the effects of oil and gas wastewater dumping on arid lands in New Mexico

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2018-03-07
End Date
2018-03-08

Citation

Akob, D.M., Andrews, R., Baesman, S.M., Cleveland, D., Conaway, C.H., Cozzarelli, I.M., Engle, M.A., Gregston, T., Jaeschke, J.B., Jubb, A.M., Kashani, M., Kent, D.B., Marvin-DiPasquale, M.C., Mumford, A.C., Springfield, A., and Varonka, M., 2023, Geochemistry and microbiology data collected to study the effects of oil and gas wastewater dumping on arid lands in New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9UDXNST.

Summary

The Permian Basin, straddling New Mexico and Texas, is one of the most productive oil and gas (OG) provinces in the United States. OG production yields large volumes of wastewater that contain elevated concentrations of major ions including salts (also referred to as brines), and trace organic and inorganic constituents. These OG wastewaters pose unknown environmental health risks, particularly in the case of accidental or intentional releases. Releases of OG wastewaters have resulted in water-quality and environmental health effects at sites in West Virginia (Akob, et al., 2016, Orem et al. 2017, Kassotis et al. 2016) and in the Williston Basin region in Montana and North Dakota (Cozzarelli et al. 2017, Cozzarelli et al. 2021, Lauer [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Denise M Akob
Originator :
Denise M Akob, Robert S Andrews, Shaun M Baesman, Danielle M Cleveland, Christopher H Conaway, Isabelle M Cozzarelli, Mark A Engle, Terry Gregston, Jeanne B Jaeschke, Aaron M Jubb, Mitra Kashani, Douglas B Kent, Mark C Marvin-DiPasquale, Adam C Mumford, Amy K Springfield, Matthew S Varonka
Metadata Contact :
Denise M Akob, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Energy and Minerals

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UpdateTo_10.5066P9UDXNST_METADATA.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		70.88 KB application/fgdc+xml
T01_Permian_Data_Dictionary.csv 113.98 KB text/csv
T02_Soil_Geochemistry.csv 13.38 KB text/csv
T03_Plant_Geochemistry.csv 5.82 KB text/csv
T04_Soil_Isotopes.csv 7.7 KB text/csv
T05_Raman_Counts.csv 211.54 KB text/csv
T06_Raman_Band_Separation.csv 594 Bytes text/csv
T07_Soil_Organics_Spectra.csv 1.68 MB text/csv
T08_Soil_Organics_Summary.csv 1.79 KB text/csv
T09_Soil_16S_BIOM.csv 14.76 MB text/csv
T10_Produced_Water.csv 3.52 KB text/csv
T11_Limits_AnalyticalMethods.csv 5.62 KB text/csv
VersionHistory.txt 1.73 KB text/plain

Purpose

The purpose of this data collection effort was to document any environmental effects resulting from OG wastewater dumping on arid soils. Soil geochemistry, plant chemistry, and soil microbial community data were collected for samples from unaffected (control) and dump-affected zones at multiple sites. These results will be used to assess the impact of OG wastewater constituents on soil biogeochemistry and arid ecosystems and the potential for long-term environmental impacts.

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Please see attached metadata record for full dataset provenance. Level 1 revision initiated on November 7, 2023. To review the changes that were made, see "VersionHistory.txt" in the attached files section.

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