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GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Session No. 190
Tuesday, 17 October 2023: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
310 / 311 (David L Lawrence Convention Center)

T16. No Well Left Behind: Quantifying Impacts and Improving Management of Active, Abandoned, and Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells to Safeguard Air, Water, and Land Resources

GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Energy Geology Division

 

Tao Wen, Gregory Lackey and Samuel Shaheen, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
190-1
1:35 PM
ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF ORPHANED OIL AND GAS WELLS IN THE UNITED STATES (Invited Presentation)
KANG, Mary1, BOUTOT, Jade2, MCVAY, Renee C.3, ROBERTS, Katherine4, JASECHKO, Scott5, PERRONE, Debra6, WEN, Tao7, LACKEY, Gregory8, RAIMI, Daniel9, DIGIULIO, Dominic C10, SHONKOFF, Seth B.C.11, CAREY, J. William12, ELLIOTT, Elise G.13, VORHEES, Donna J.13 and PELTZ, Adam14, (1)Civil Engineering, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke St. W., Room 492, Montreal, QC H3A0C3, CANADA, (2)Civil Engineering, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke St. W., Room 492, Montreal, H3A0C3, CANADA, (3)Environmental Defense Fund, Austin, TX 78701, (4)Environmental Defense Fund, San Francisco, CA 94105, (5)Bren School, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2400 BREN HALL, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106, (6)UCSBEnvironmental Studies, 7097 Scripps Crescent St, Goleta, CA 93117-2954, (7)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, (8)NETL Support Contractor, Leidos Research Support Team, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, P.O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, (9)Resources for the Future, Washington, DC 20036, (10)University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, (11)PSE Healthy Energy, Oakland, CA 94612, (12)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (13)Health Effects Institute Energy, Boston, MA 02110, (14)Environmental Defense Fund, New York, NY 10010
190-2
1:55 PM
SOMETHING IN THE WATER? ANALYZING COMMUNITY AND GEOSCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE ENERGY-WATER-HEALTH NEXUS IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
HARRINGTON, Owen1, SHAHEEN, Samuel2, WEN, Tao3, BRANTLEY, Susan2 and BAKA, Jennifer1, (1)Geography, Pennsylvania State University, Walker Building, University Park, PA 16802, (2)Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802, (3)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244
190-3
2:10 PM
NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF OIL AND GAS PRODUCED WATER DISPOSAL ON SURFACE WATER ECOLOGY: FRESHWATER MUSSEL BIOMONITORING CAPABILITIES AND RADIUM BIOACCUMULATION
PANKRATZ, Katharina, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 and WARNER, Nathaniel, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
190-4
2:25 PM
GROUNDWATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT AROUND ORPHANED AND UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS WELLS IN THE UNITED STATES
WEN, Tao1, KANG, Mary2, SHAHEEN, Samuel3, BRANTLEY, Susan3 and BAKA, Jennifer4, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, (2)Civil Engineering, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke St. W., Room 492, Montreal, QC H3A0C3, CANADA, (3)Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802, (4)Geography, Pennsylvania State University, Walker Building, University Park, PA 16802
190-5
2:40 PM
ASSESSING OIL SPILL IMPACTS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO: A DEEP LEARNING BASED NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING INVESTIGATION FOR RISK MITIGATION
LU, Yunxing and BUNGER, Andrew, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, 4200 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
190-6
2:55 PM
ASSESSING POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF OIL AND GAS ACTIVITY ON GROUNDWATER QUALITY OF AQUIFERS NEAR AND OVERLYING THE ELK HILLS AND NORTH COLES LEVEE OIL FIELDS, SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
WARDEN, John1, STEPHENS, Michael2, GILLESPIE, Janice M.3, MCMAHON, Peter B.4, GANNON, Riley S.3 and SHIMABUKURO, David5, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Austin, TX 78704, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA 95819, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego, CA 92101, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO 80225, (5)Department of Geology, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA 95819
 
3:10 PM
Break
190-7
3:25 PM
IDENTIFYING AND CHARACTERIZING UNDOCUMENTED ORPHANED WELLS TO MITIGATE METHANE MISSIONS AND GROUNDWATER IMPACTS (Invited Presentation)
VISWANATHAN, Hari, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87544
190-8
3:45 PM
HYBRID UAV AEROMAGNETIC SURVEYS FOR ORPHANED WELL DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION
NOTLEY, Sean1, WALLAK, Mia1, HOWARD, Allison1 and NIKULIN, Alex2, (1)Binghamton, NY 13902, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902
190-9
4:00 PM
BIOGEOCHEMICAL CHANGES IN PERMIAN BASIN RESERVOIRS DUE TO WELL-TO-WELL COMMUNICATION IMPACT WELLBORE INTEGRITY
GULLIVER, Djuna, Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 1032 Welfer St, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, TINKER, Kara, Department of Energy, Nation Energy Technology Laboratory, 626 Cochrans Mill Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15236 and MCDERMOTT, Sierra, Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 626 Cochrans Mill Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
190-10
4:15 PM
A MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH FOR WELL INTEGRITY PREDICTION USING CEMENT BOND LOGS
GRABOWSKI, Owen, Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Labratory, 3610 Collins Ferry Road, Morgantown, WV 26505; Leidos, NETL Support Contractor, 3610 Collins Ferry Road, Morgantown, WV 26505, HOUGHTON, Ben, Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, P.O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940; Leidos, NETL Support Contractor, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, P.O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940, PFANDER, Isabelle, Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 1450 Queen Avenue SW, Albany, OR 97321; Department of Energy, NETL Support Contractor, 1450 Queen Avenue SW, Albany, OR 97321, DILMORE, Robert, Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, P.O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940 and LACKEY, Gregory, NETL Support Contractor, Leidos Research Support Team, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, P.O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
190-11
4:30 PM
QUANTIFYING METHANE EMISSIONS FROM ORPHANED OIL AND GAS WELLS: A SUBTYPE-BASED SAMPLING STRATEGY IN KENTUCKY
ZIERER, Deron1, PARRIS, Thomas M.1, WEBB, Steven1, VEAZEY, Amanda2 and SHUCK, Curtis2, (1)Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building, Lexington, KY 40506, (2)Well Done Foundation, P.O. BOX 10640, BOZEMAN, MT 59719
190-12
4:45 PM
INSIGHTS TO CONSIDER FOR IMPROVED PLUGGING PRACTICES IN THE APPALACHIAN BASIN
ROSENBAUM, Eilis, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 626 Cochran Mill Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
 
5:00 PM
Panel Discussion
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