GSA 2020 Connects Online

Session No. 149
Wednesday, 28 October 2020: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T178. The Water-Energy Nexus in Sedimentary Basins

GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Energy Geology Division

 

Jennifer McIntosh, Grant Ferguson and Christine Rivard, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
MONITORING OF METHANE CONCENTRATIONS IN A GAS-CHARGED GROUNDWATER AQUIFER USING WATER SAMPLES AND DOWNHOLE TOTAL DISSOLVED GAS PRESSURE (TDGP) SENSORS
RIVARD, Christine, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada - Quebec Office, 490 de la Couronne, Quebec City, QC G1K 9A9, Canada, ROY, James W., Water Science and Technology Directorate, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 867 Lakeshore Rd, Burlington, ON L7S1A1, Canada, BORDELEAU, Geneviève, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 490 de la Couronne, Quebec City, QC G1K 9A9, Canada, LEFEBVRE, Rene, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 490, rue de la Couronne, Quebec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada and RYAN, M. Cathy, Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
1:50 PM
MIGRATION BEHAVIOR OF FUGITIVE METHANE IN SHALLOW AQUIFERS: MULTI-PHASE LAB- AND FIELD-SCALE NUMERICAL MODELLING WITH DUMUX
BOUZNARI, Kenza1, MOLSON, John W.1, VAN DE VEN, Cole2 and MUMFORD, Kevin G.3, (1)Dept. of Geology & Geological Engineering, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada, (2)Dept. of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, (3)Dept. of Civil Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
2:05 PM
PRELIMINARY COMPARISONS OF DILUTED BITUMEN WITH CONVENTIONAL CRUDE IN SIMULATED SHALLOW GROUNDWATER SPILLS
UTTING, Nicholas and AHAD, Jason, Natural Resources Canada, CanmetENERGY Devon, 1 Oil Patch Drive, Devon, AB T9G 1A8, Canada
2:20 PM
HIGH SALT CONTENT IN SHALLOW GROUNDWATER OF THE MCCULLY GAS FIELD (NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA): HYDROCARBON-RELATED CONTAMINATION, OR PURELY NATURAL MIGRATION?
BORDELEAU, Geneviève1, RIVARD, Christine2, LAVOIE, Denis2 and HINDS, Steve3, (1)Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 490 de la Couronne, Quebec City, QC G1K 9A9, Canada, (2)Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada - Quebec Office, 490 de la Couronne, Quebec City, QC G1K 9A9, Canada, (3)Natural Resources and Energy Development New Brunswick, C. P. 6000, Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1, Canada
 
2:35 PM
Discussion
2:50 PM
DEEP GROUNDWATER QUALITY AND PROTECTION FROM OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT (Invited Presentation)
KANG, Mary, Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, QC H3A0C3, Canada
3:05 PM
GROUNDWATER FLOW ACROSS THE INTERMEDIATE ZONE
WORONIUK, Blake1, JELLICOE, Keegan1, MCINTOSH, Jennifer2 and FERGUSON, Grant1, (1)Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9, Canada, (2)Department of Civil and Geological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 57 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9, Canada
3:20 PM
A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF STRONTIUM ISOTOPES AS A TRACER OF POSSIBLE BRINE CONTAMINATION IN SHALLOW AQUIFERS RELATED TO OIL/GAS PRODUCTION
MARZA, Mohammad A.M.H.1, MOWAT, Aidan C.2, JELLICOE, Keegan3, FERGUSON, Grant3 and MCINTOSH, Jennifer4, (1)Hydrology and Atmospheric sciences, University of Arizona, 1133 E. James E. Rogers Way, JW Harshbarger Bldg (#11), Room 122, Tucson, AZ 85721/210011, (2)Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, (3)Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9, Canada, (4)Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
 
3:35 PM
Discussion2/Break
3:50 PM
GROUNDWATER-PRODUCTION WELLS AS A NOVEL APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING SEDIMENTARY BASINS (Invited Presentation)
PERRONE, Debra, Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, JASECHKO, Scott, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 and NELSON, Rebecca, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3053, Australia
4:05 PM
REARRANGEMENT OF THE DEEP HYDROLOGIC CYCLE AS A RESULT OF OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION
JELLICOE, Keegan1, FERGUSON, Grant1 and MCINTOSH, Jennifer C.2, (1)Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9, Canada, (2)Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
4:20 PM
HEAT PRODUCTION FROM SEDIMENTARY BASINS: A MODELING STUDY OF THE BECANCOUR AREA IN THE ST LAWRENCE LOWLANDS, QUEBEC, CANADA
GASCUEL, Violaine, Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, 490, rue de la Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, 490, rue de la Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada, RAYMOND, Jasmin, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 490, rue de la Couronne, Quebec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada and RIVARD, Christine, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada - Quebec Office, 490 de la Couronne, Quebec City, QC G1K 9A9, Canada
4:35 PM
AQUIFER COMMINGLING IN ABANDONED OIL AND GAS WELLS IN THE WESTERN CANADIAN SEDIMENTARY BASIN
PERRA, Chris A., The Department of Civil, Geological, Environmental Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 57 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9, Canada, FERGUSON, Grant, Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9, Canada, MCINTOSH, Jennifer, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 and WATSON, Theresa, T.L. Watson & Associates Inc., Calgary, AB T2G 0V2, Canada
 
4:50 PM
Concluding Remarks
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