https://data.amerigeoss.org/dataset/5c56ec24-2033-40d3-90e9-6cc2cdc87454
type: Dataset
title: Geochemistry Data for Wastewater Samples Collected at a Separator Tank and from an On-Site Storage Tank at the Marcellus Shale Energy and Environment Laboratory (MSEEL) 2015-2019, Morgantown industrial Park (MIP), West Virginia
description: This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data Release is focused on the geochemistry of wastewater (including flowback and produced water) samples, co-produced with natural gas, collected from the Marcellus Shale Energy and Environment Laboratory (MSEEL) site. MSEEL is a long-term field site and laboratory at the Northeast Natural Energy LLC (NNE) production facility, adjacent to the Monongahela River, located in western Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA. NNE began drilling two horizontal production wells, MIP (Morgantown Industrial Park) -5H and MIP-3H, in the Marcellus Shale in 2014. The wells were completed in December 2015. Large volumes of wastewater are generated with natural gas production. These wastewaters contain organic and inorganic chemical constituents from fracturing fluids used during drilling and stimulation of gas in host rocks/shale, as well as chemical compounds that are derived from formation water and the solid shale. Many of the organic and inorganic substances in the wastewater are potentially toxic and could pose an environmental risk if released due to spills, leaks, or unsafe disposal practices. Hydraulic fracturing fluid, field blanks, wastewater, and water from the Monongahela River stored in a lined holding pond adjacent to the MIP well pad, were collected from November 2015 through April 2019. The on-site storage tank was sampled from April 2017 through April 2019. Wastewater from the MIP-5H Separator Tank was collected daily at the beginning of the study to annually by the end of the study. One sample was collected from the MIP-3H Separator Tank in May 2018. This data release includes field measurements of temperature, specific conductance, total dissolved solids (TDS), and density; laboratory measurements of pH, non-volatile dissolved organic carbon (NVDOC), alkalinity, major ions, ammonia nitrogen, trace elements, low molecular weight organic acids (LMWOA), semi-volatile hydrocarbons, and radium isotopes. There are six files (*.xlsx a…
keyword: alkalinity
keyword: amerigeo
keyword: amerigeoss
keyword: ammonia
keyword: anions
keyword: barium
keyword: cations
keyword: chromatography
keyword: ckan
keyword: dissolved-metals
keyword: dissolved-organic-compounds
keyword: environment
keyword: geo
keyword: geochemistry
keyword: geoss
keyword: hydraulic-fracturing
keyword: liquid-chromatography
keyword: low-molecular-weight-organic-acids
keyword: major-ions
keyword: marcellus-shale
keyword: mass-spectroscopy
keyword: mercury
keyword: morgantown
keyword: mseel-marcellus-shale-energy-and-environment-laboratory
keyword: national
keyword: natural-gas
keyword: natural-gas-resources
keyword: non-volatile-dissolved-organic-carbon-nvdoc
keyword: north-america
keyword: nutrient-content-water
keyword: oil-and-gas-wastewater
keyword: production-wells
keyword: radium
keyword: radium-isotopes
keyword: salinity
keyword: semi-volatile-hydrocarbons
keyword: strontium
keyword: suspended-material-water
keyword: toxic-trace-element-contamination
keyword: trace-elements
keyword: unconventional-oil-and-gas-production
keyword: united-states
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keyword: water-chemistry
keyword: water-ph
keyword: water-properties
keyword: water-sampling
keyword: water-specific-conductance
keyword: water-temperature
issued: 2025-11-22T00:02:57.514092
modified: 20210927
theme: {geospatial}
contact point: Organization
  fn: Jeanne B Jaeschke
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issued: 2022-08-06T19:24:12.174869
modified: 2025-11-22T00:02:57.489815

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access URL: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Q3Y16S
issued: 2022-08-06T19:24:12.174875
modified: 2025-11-22T00:02:57.490247