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Point Pleasant Produced Water Characterization: An Analysis of Past Production and Prediction of Future Production

Wilson, Victoria R.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu155973360664964

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2019, Master of Science in Environmental Science, Youngstown State University, Department of Physics, Astronomy, Geology and Environmental Sciences.
Exploration and production activities beginning in 2011 have defined the Point Pleasant Formation of eastern Ohio and the Appalachian Basin as a major North American unconventional shale play. Unconventional wells are stimulated using high volume–high pressure hydraulic fracturing technology. The large volumes of water used in this process create large volumes of water production over the life of a well. This research characterizes rates of produced water for the Point Pleasant Formation unconventional play of eastern Ohio and provides a means of predicting future produced water volumes through 2022. The research utilizes Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Oil and Gas Resources (ODNR DOGRM) unconventional production reports for 2011 through the first quarter of 2017. These periodic reports were used to select a representative sample of producing wells from across the Point Pleasant play. The combination of individual water production characteristics for sixty selected wells combined with a spatial analysis of production from these wells provides a basis for distinguishing between a northern production region and a southern production region. These two regions closely correspond to an industry recognized normal pressured zone in the north and an over pressured zone in the south. Composite production decline plots for each region provide a basis for predicting future water production. The findings show percent decline in the northern region of sixty-nine percent in the first four quarters as compared to sixty three-percent decline for the southern region over the first four quarters. After four years of production, the percent declines are essentially indistinguishable at ninety-five and ninety-three percent, northern and southern region respectively. The composite production decline curves provide a means of predicting water production for the first forty-eight quarters of production (10.5 years) of any given well within each respective region. The findings can also be used to plan for additional UIC wells and produced water treatment facilities.
Jeffrey Dick, PhD (Advisor)
Bill Dawson (Committee Member)
Peter Kimosop, PhD (Committee Member)
Tony Vercellino, PhD (Committee Member)
116 p.
Environmental Geology; Geology; Petroleum Production
Produced water; Production decline; Appalachian Basin

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  • Wilson, V. R. (2019). Point Pleasant Produced Water Characterization: An Analysis of Past Production and Prediction of Future Production [Master's thesis, Youngstown State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu155973360664964

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wilson, Victoria. Point Pleasant Produced Water Characterization: An Analysis of Past Production and Prediction of Future Production. 2019. Youngstown State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu155973360664964.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wilson, Victoria. "Point Pleasant Produced Water Characterization: An Analysis of Past Production and Prediction of Future Production." Master's thesis, Youngstown State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu155973360664964

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