Dataset of C1-C6 Dissolved Trace Hydrocarbon Measurements in the Western "Wet Gas" Part of the Marcellus Shale Oil and Gas Play in West Virginia, U.S.A. Collected Between June and August 2018
Dates
Publication Date
2022-09-30
Start Date
2018-06-11
End Date
2018-08-06
Citation
Haase, K.B., Kozar, M.D., McAdoo, M.A., and Reid, L.T., 2022, Dataset of C1-C6 Dissolved Trace Hydrocarbon Measurements in the Western "Wet Gas" Part of the Marcellus Shale Oil and Gas Play in West Virginia, U.S.A. Collected Between June and August 2018: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9L98L0Y.
Summary
This dataset contains measurements of dissolved hydrocarbons in from groundwater samples collected in the shale gas producing regions of West Virginia, USA, between June and August of 2018. The target analytes in this study were: methane (CH4), ethane (C2H6), ethene (C2H4), ethyne (C2H2), propane (C3H8), propene (C3H6), i-butane (C4H10), n-butane (C4H10), 1-butene (C4H8), propyne (C3H4), i-pentane (C5H12), n-pentane (C5H12), 2-methyl-pentane (C6H14), 3-methyl-pentane (C6H14), hexane (C6H14), and benzene (C6H6). This dataset also contains corresponding measurements of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), Sulfurhexafluoride (SF6), dissolved permanent gases (N2/Ar), tritium, the isotope ratio of helium dissolved in water, the concentration of [...]
Summary
This dataset contains measurements of dissolved hydrocarbons in from groundwater samples collected in the shale gas producing regions of West Virginia, USA, between June and August of 2018. The target analytes in this study were: methane (CH4), ethane (C2H6), ethene (C2H4), ethyne (C2H2), propane (C3H8), propene (C3H6), i-butane (C4H10), n-butane (C4H10), 1-butene (C4H8), propyne (C3H4), i-pentane (C5H12), n-pentane (C5H12), 2-methyl-pentane (C6H14), 3-methyl-pentane (C6H14), hexane (C6H14), and benzene (C6H6). This dataset also contains corresponding measurements of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), Sulfurhexafluoride (SF6), dissolved permanent gases (N2/Ar), tritium, the isotope ratio of helium dissolved in water, the concentration of neon dissolved in water, the isotope ratios of hydrogen-2 and oxygen-18 in water, and the isotope ratio of carbon-13 in dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC).
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2020_Hydrocarbons_in_WV_Data_Release.xml Original FGDC Metadata
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2020_DIC_Carbon_Isotopes.csv
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2020_WV_CFCs.csv
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2020_WV_Helium.csv
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2020_WV_Isotopes_of_Water.csv
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2020_WV_N2Ar.csv
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2020_WV_SF6.csv
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2020_WV_Tritium.csv
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20201214_Trace_Hydrocarbons_in_WV_Groundwater.csv
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Related External Resources
Type: Related Primary Publication
Kozar, M.D., McAdoo, M.A., and Haase, K.B., 2022, Groundwater quality and geochemistry of the western wet gas part of the Marcellus Shale Oil and Gas Play in West Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2022–5094, 88 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20225094.
These measurements were made using a purge-and-trap gas chromatograph with an atomic emission detector and flame ionization detector channels (GC-AED-FID) system with sensitivities to dissolved hydrocarbon concentrations ranging from picomole-per-kilogram to micromole-per-kilogram, allowing for quantification of trace hydrocarbons at levels from below air-water equilibrium to the natural gas saturation. These measurements were made as part of a survey of the trace concentrations of these compounds in natural waters, with the end goal of determining new applications as source and transformation tracers.
