Collins A.G. Geochemistry of oilfield waters

Amsterdam, New York: Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co., 1975. — 496 p. — (Developments in Petroleum Science, 1). — ISBN: 0-444-41183-6.The purpose of this book is to provide information relevant to the analytical chemistry and geochemistry of oilfield waters. The book attempts to recognize the importance of subsurface oilfield waters as they are related to origin, migration, accumulation, and maturation of oil and gas and thus their relationship to exploration for and production of oil and gas. One chapter presents a simplistic introduction to the origin of oilfield waters. Because oilfield waters can constitute an environmental pollution hazard, the book describes and comments on methods of their disposal or of recovering valuable constituents from them.Introductions
Sampling subsurface oilfield waters
Analysis of oilfield waters for some physical properties and inorganic chemical constituents
Interpretation of chemical analysis of oilfield waters
Significance of some inorganic constituents and physical properties of oilfield waters
Organic constituents in saline waters
Origin of oilfield waters
Classification of oilfield waters
Some effects of water upon the generation, migration, accumulation and alteration of petroleum
Geochemical methods of exploration for petroleum and natural gas
Geopressured reservoirs
Compatibility of oilfield waters
Valuable minerals in oilfield waters
Subsurface disposal
Solubilities of some silicate minerals in saline waters
Environmental impact of oil- and gas-well drilling, production and associated waste disposal practices
References index
Subject index