Abstract: In 2010, for the Alberta Geological Survey Saline Aquifer Mapping Project, we collected and analyzed 38 water samples from oil wells producing from geological units, including the Glauconitic, Ostracod, Ellerslie, Banff, Wabamun, Nisku, Leduc and Cooking Lake, within 100 km of Edmonton, Alberta. We analyzed filtered water samples for pH, density and specific conductance; oxygen, hydrogen and strontium isotopes; and dissolved constituents, including sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, barium, strontium, lithium, iron, manganese, chloride, bromide, sulphate, sulphide, silica and inorganic carbon.
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Alberta
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Data identification:
Citation:
Citation:
Title:
Water Geochemical Data, Saline Aquifer Project (tabular data, tab delimited format)
Date:
Date:
Date:
2011-06-28
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Energy Resources Conservation Board
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Alberta Geological Survey
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Huff, G.F.
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Riddell, J.T.F.
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Chisholm, S.
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Alberta Geological Survey
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Edmonton
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Alberta, Canada
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Abstract:
In 2010, for the Alberta Geological Survey Saline Aquifer Mapping Project, we collected and analyzed 38 water
samples from oil wells producing from geological units, including the Glauconitic, Ostracod, Ellerslie,
Banff, Wabamun, Nisku, Leduc and Cooking Lake, within 100 km of Edmonton, Alberta. We analyzed filtered
water samples for pH, density and specific conductance; oxygen, hydrogen and strontium isotopes; and
dissolved constituents, including sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, barium, strontium, lithium, iron,
manganese, chloride, bromide, sulphate, sulphide, silica and inorganic carbon.
Purpose:
Oil well sampling for the Alberta Geological Survey Saline Aquifer Mapping project.
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completed
Point of contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Geological Survey
Position name:
AGS Information Manager
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
(780) 638-4491
Facsimile:
(780) 422-1918
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
Alberta Energy Regulator
Delivery point:
4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Delivery point:
4999-98 Avenue NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T6B 2X3
Country:
Canada
Electronic mail address:
AGS-Info@aer.ca
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8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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analysis
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aquifers
Keyword:
banff formation
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data
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geochemical
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geology
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saline
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samples
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wabamun group
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water
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wells
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Access Constraints: Public Use Constraints: Acknowledgement of the Alberta Energy Regulator/Alberta
Geological Survey as the originator/source of this information is required as described in the Open
Government License - Alberta. Distribution Liability: The Alberta Energy Regulator/Alberta Geological
Survey (AER/AGS) licenses this information under the Open Government License - Alberta. Any references
to proprietary software in our documentation, and/or any use of proprietary data formats in our
releases, do not constitute endorsement by the AER/AGS of any manufacturer's product.
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53.18
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54.34
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ground condition
Time position:
2010-01-01
Supplemental Information:
Language: In English;
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Data Committee (FGDC) Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata.
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Distribution:
Distributor:
Distributor:
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Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Geological Survey
Position name:
AGS Information Manager
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
(780) 638-4491
Facsimile:
(780) 422-1918
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
Alberta Energy Regulator
Delivery point:
4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Delivery point:
4999-98 Avenue NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T6B 2X3
Country:
Canada
Electronic mail address:
AGS-Info@aer.ca
Hours of service:
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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https://static.ags.aer.ca/files/document/DIG/DIG_2011_0007.zip
Name:
Tabular Data
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Data quality:
Scope:
Scope:
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
Report:
Absolute external positional accuracy:
Name of measure:
Horizontal Positional Accuracy
Measure description:
Evaluation method description:
Horizontal positions of all wells were taken from IHS AccuMap.
Result:
Quantitative result:
Value unit:
Base unit:
Identifier:
Units system: xlink: http://www.bipm.org/en/si/
Value:
Report:
Absolute external positional accuracy:
Name of measure:
Vertical Positional Accuracy
Measure description:
Evaluation method description:
Vertical positions of all wells were taken from IHS AccuMap and verified by an Alberta Geological Survey
geologist.
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Evaluation method description:
Datasets are complete for each well with the exception of wells 102/07-26-056-21W4 and 100/15-15-57-3W5,
which lack oxygen and hydrogen isotopic data. The absence of isotopic data in these wells was the result
of insufficient fluid recovery for isotopic analysis. Charge balance on all analyses was within +/- 5.4%.
Result:
unknown
Report:
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Measure description:
Spatial locations are unique. There are no duplicate entries. Oxygen and hydrogen isotopic data are
missing from some samples. Attribute values were checked and are valid within their domain. There are no
presently known inconsistencies within the dataset.
Result:
unknown
Report:
Non quantitative attribute accuracy:
Measure description:
Charge balance calculations for each analysis was performed using reported concentrations of sodium,
potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulphate, chlorine and bicarbonate. Mass balance calculations for all
analyses fell within +/- 5.4%.
Result:
inapplicable
Lineage:
Lineage:
Statement:
Datasets are complete for each well with the exception of wells 102/07-26-056-21W4 and 100/15-15-57-3W5,
which lack oxygen and hydrogen isotopic data. The absence of isotopic data in these wells was the result
of insufficient fluid recovery for isotopic analysis. Charge balance on all analyses was within +/- 5.4%.
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
We only sampled wells perforated over a single interval within a single geological unit. Collected
samples typically contained a mixture of oil and water. We let the mixture gravitationally separate
before sampling the water. Mixtures were heated to 80 degrees Celsius to facilitate separation, if
necessary. The separated water phase was filtered through glass wool to remove remaining suspended
oil followed by filtration through a 0.45 micrometre flow-through cartridge filter.
Exova Laboratories, in Edmonton, Alberta, analyzed the filtered water samples for pH, density and
specific conductance and dissolved constituents, including sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium,
barium, strontium, lithium, iron, manganese, chloride, bromide, sulphate, sulphide, silica and
inorganic carbon.
All samples submitted to Exova Laboratories were chilled to 4 degrees Celsius and kept in the dark
until analysis. Samples for cation analysis were preserved by adjusting pH to <2 using high-purity
nitric acid. Samples for sulphide analysis were preserved by adding sodium hydroxide and zinc
acetate. Concentrations of alkalinity were determined by field personnel using potentiometric
titration to an end-point pH of less than 3.0 within 12 hours of sample collection. Charge balance
calculations based on the concentrations of major constituents fell within +/- 5.4% for all
analyses. The Environmental Isotope Laboratory, of the University of Waterloo in Ontario, analyzed
the filtered water samples for oxygen and hydrogen isotopes. Isotopic values of oxygen and hydrogen
are reported in o/oo relative to Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water (VSMOW). Dr. Robert Creaser,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, analyzed the filtered water samples for 86-strontium and
87-strontium.
Cation and anion data were initially reported in mg/L. These data were converted to ppm (mg/kg)
through division by density. All converted data were rounded to represent the number of significant
figures available in the initial analysis.
Date and time:
2010-01-01T00:00:00
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Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
unknown
Maintenance note:
This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial
Metadatastandard version FGDC-STD-001-1998 using the January 2013 version of the FGDC CSDGM to ISO 19115-2
transform.
Metadata author:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Geological Survey
Position name:
AGS Information Manager
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
(780) 638-4491
Facsimile:
(780) 422-1918
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
Alberta Energy Regulator
Delivery point:
4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Delivery point:
4999-98 Avenue NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T6B 2X3
Country:
Canada
Electronic mail address:
AGS-Info@aer.ca
Hours of service:
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Role:
Role code:
custodian
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