Evaluation of strontium isotope tracers of produced water sources from multiple stacked reservoirs in Appalachian, Williston and Permian basins

Marza, Mohammad; Mowat, Aidan; Jellicoe, Keegan; Ferguson, Grant; McIntosh, Jennifer C.

doi:10.1016/j.gexplo.2021.106887

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“…The range of projected fluxes for future CCS (Krevor et al, 2023;Zoback & Smit, 2023) and geothermal electricity production (van der Zwaan & Dalla Longa, 2019) are similar to current fluxes from oil and gas production (IEA, 2021b). Scaling up Li extraction (Marza et al, 2023) from sedimentary basins to current global production from all sources considering 25th, 50th and 75th percentile of Li concentrations in produced waters would also require a similar amount of fluid.…”

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“…Produced water from oil production and other sedimentary brines have been proposed as sources of lithium (Kumar et al, 2019;Munk et al, 2016). Lithium extraction from sedimentary basin brines will only be viable if large fluid volumes can be produced, likely from wells producing at several times the rate of a typical oil well (Marza et al, 2023). The median Li concentration in sedimentary basin brines in the USA is 5 mg/L (Blondes et al, 2016) and we assume that concentrations in similar environments around the globe are comparable.…”

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Acceleration of Deep Subsurface Fluid Fluxes in the Anthropocene

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Bailey,

Kim

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The Anthropocene has been framed around humanity's impact on atmospheric, biologic, and near-surface processes, such as land use and vegetation change, greenhouse gas emissions, and the above-ground hydrologic cycle. Groundwater extraction has lowered water tables in many key aquifers but comparatively little attention has been given to the impacts in the deeper subsurface. Here, we show that fluid fluxes from the extraction and injection of fluids associated with oil and gas production and inflow of water into mines likely exceed background flow rates in deep (>500 m) groundwater systems at a global scale. Projected carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), geothermal energy production, and lithium extraction to facilitate the energy transition will require fluid production rates exceeding current oil and co-produced water extraction. Natural analogs and geochemical modeling indicate that

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Section: The Future Of the Subsurfacementioning

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Acceleration of Deep Subsurface Fluid Fluxes in the Anthropocene

Ferguson,

Bailey,

Kim

et al. 2024

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“…The range of projected fluxes for future CCS (Krevor et al., 2023; Zoback & Smit, 2023) and geothermal electricity production (van der Zwaan & Dalla Longa, 2019) are similar to current fluxes from oil and gas production (IEA, 2021b). Scaling up Li extraction (Marza et al., 2023) from sedimentary basins to current global production from all sources considering 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of Li concentrations in produced waters would also require a similar amount of fluid.…”

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“…Produced water from oil production and other sedimentary brines have been proposed as sources of lithium (Kumar et al., 2019; Munk et al., 2016). Lithium extraction from sedimentary basin brines will only be viable if large fluid volumes can be produced, likely from wells producing at several times the rate of a typical oil well (Marza et al., 2023). The median Li concentration in sedimentary basin brines in the USA is 5 mg/L (Blondes et al., 2016) and we assume that concentrations in similar environments around the globe are comparable.…”

Section: The Future Of the Subsurfacementioning

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Acceleration of Deep Subsurface Fluid Fluxes in the Anthropocene

Ferguson,

Bailey,

Kim

et al. 2024

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The Anthropocene has been framed around humanity's impact on atmospheric, biologic, and near‐surface processes, such as land use and vegetation change, greenhouse gas emissions, and the above‐ground hydrologic cycle. Groundwater extraction has lowered water tables in many key aquifers but comparatively little attention has been given to the impacts in the deeper subsurface. Here, we show that fluid fluxes from the extraction and injection of fluids associated with oil and gas production and inflow of water into mines likely exceed background flow rates in deep (>500 m) groundwater systems at a global scale. Projected carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), geothermal energy production, and lithium extraction to facilitate the energy transition will require fluid production rates exceeding current oil and co‐produced water extraction. Natural analogs and geochemical modeling indicate that subsurface fluid manipulation in the Anthropocene will likely appear in the rock record. The magnitude and importance of these changes are unclear, due to a lack of understanding of how deep subsurface hydrologic and geochemical cycles and associated microbial life interact with the rest of the Earth system.

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Applications of chemical and isotopic tracers to optimize well placement and monitor for contamination by reservoir-derived fluids

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2024

Sustainable Natural Gas Drilling

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Evaluation of strontium isotope tracers of produced water sources from multiple stacked reservoirs in Appalachian, Williston and Permian basins

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Acceleration of Deep Subsurface Fluid Fluxes in the Anthropocene

Acceleration of Deep Subsurface Fluid Fluxes in the Anthropocene

Acceleration of Deep Subsurface Fluid Fluxes in the Anthropocene

Applications of chemical and isotopic tracers to optimize well placement and monitor for contamination by reservoir-derived fluids

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