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Rittenhouse et al. 1960s Historical Archived Produced Water Dataset

Dataset ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.18141/2331306· OSTI ID:2331306

Around 1960, a private company entered into a research agreement to analyze for dissolved solids in water produced from >800 fields in the U.S. and Canada.. The elemental compositions provided were measured spectrochemically by Rittenhouse et al. The information has been made available to the public as a public service, but the names off of the companies and exact well locations have been removed. The samples are now located at the University of Texas in Austin. More details can be found in the following reference: Gordon Rittenhouse, Robert B. Fulton, Robert J. Grabowski, Joseph L. Bernard, Minor elements in oil-field waters, Chemical Geology, Volume 4, Issues 1–2, 1969, Pages 189-209, ISSN 0009-2541, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2541(69)90045-X.

Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States). Energy Data eXchange; National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
DOE Contract Number:
FECM1611080
OSTI ID:
2331306
Report Number(s):
d0199726-61b8-4aa5-ad28-aff21ca91792
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English