API PUBL 4734-2005

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Modeling Study of Produced Water Release Scenarios

Published By	Publication Date	Number of Pages
API	2005	146

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Description

A series of simulation experiments were conducted to evaluate how different produced water release and environmental characteristics (model inputs or factors) affect the fate of chloride in the subsurface (model outputs or responses). Model inputs include the hydrological and geological characteristics of the vadose zone and of the aquifer, climate, and characteristics of the release. A total of 11 factors were identified:

1. Texture of the vadose zone (e.g. sand, clay, etc.),

2.Depth to ground water,

3. Natural water content in the vadose zone,

4. Dispersion length of chloride in the vadose zone,

5. Climate,

6. Chloride concentration of the produced water release,

7.Volume of the produced water release,

8. Initial depth of produced water on the land surface (e.g., ponded within a berm or dispersed over a large area),

9.Groundwater flux of the aquifer,

10. Background chloride content in the aquifer, and

11. Saturated thickness of the aquifer.

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