REGIONAL AND LOCAL SCALE GIS SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER MODELS OF THE OIL SHALE BASINS

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1 REGIONAL AND LOCAL SCALE GIS SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER MODELS OF THE OIL SHALE BASINS BY PAUL G QUINN, P.G. AMBET 27 th Oil Shale Symposium Colorado School of Mines October 15-17, 2007

2 Water Rights Inventory Grand Junction District 1980s HYDROLOGIC TECHNICIAN FIELD WORK HIKING FOUR WHEEL DRIVE TRUCKS HELICOPTERS SAFETY TRAINING: 4 WHEEL SAFETY & HELITAC TRAINING FIRE FIGHTING SAFETY TRAINING STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION (SCA VOLUNTEERS)

3 PICEANCE BASIN JQS TRAIL NAVAL OIL SHALE RESERVE

4 PICEANCE BASIN JQS TRAIL LOOKING DOWN AT FROM THE TOP OF NAVAL OIL SHALE RESERVE

5 BLM CONTRACTED HELICOPTER HYDROLOGIC WORK CREW

6 RECORDING A SPRING WATER RIGHT VIA HELICOPTER IN THE PICEANCE BASIN, COLORADO

7 TRANSPORTATION BY FOUR WHEEL BLM TRUCK FOR SPRING INVENTORY PICEANCE BASIN, COLORADO

8 FLASH FLOOD STORM CLOSES HIGHWAY I-70 NEAR SILT COLORADO

9 USGS REGIONAL AQUIFER SYSTEM ANALYSIS PROJECT 1980 S UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN IN COLORADO, UTAH AND WYOMING (with Kent C. Glover, David L. Naftz, and Lawrence J. Martin) THREE DIMENSIONAL MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR SIMULATING THE HYDROLOGIC SYSTEM IN THE PICEANCE BASIN, COLORADO (with O. James Taylor) GEOHYDROLOGY OF TERTIARY ROCKS IN THE GREEN RIVER STRUCTURAL BASIN IN WYOMING, UTAH, AND COLORADO (with L. J. Martin) A DUAL-POROSITY MODEL FOR SIMULATING SOLUTE TRANSPORT IN OIL SHALE (with K. C. Glover) LEACHATE MIGRATION FROM AN IN-SITU OIL-SHALE RETORT NEAR ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING (with K. C. Glover) A PLAN FOR HYDROLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF IN-SITU, OIL SHALE RETORTING NEAR ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING (with L. R. Larson) TWO LAKES WATER QUALITY PROJECT: FREEMONT AND NEW FORKS LAKE (With Dave Petersen)

10 IN MEMORY OF O. JAMES TAYLOR HIS GRID FOR MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF THE PICEANCE BASIN

11 USGS CONTRACTED HELICOPTER HYDROLOGIC WORK ASSIGNMENT PINEDALE, WYOMING

12 WATER QUALITY SAMPLING NEW FORK LAKE, WYOMING

13 LOADING BOAT IN NEW FORK LAKE, WYOMING FOR WATER QUALITY SAMPLING

14 WYOMING BLM OIL SHALE LANDS IN FOREGROUND

15 Arc GIS Geographic Information System (GIS) can integrate and relate oil shale data with a spatial component, regardless of the source By mapping oil shale hydrologic components over time, can gain insight into how they behave Map oil shale conditions before and after the RD&D program to see impact Results can be displayed as digital maps, printed, combined with spreadsheet-like tables or charts, or used in models.

16 PICEANCE BASIN, COLORADO

17 OIL SHALE

18 HYDROGEOLOGIC MAPS AND MODELS PICEANCE BASIN SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF THE GROUND-WATER FLOW SYSTEMS: PICEANCE AND YELLOW CREEK DRAINAGE BASINS SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF THE GROUND-WATER FLOW SYSTEMS: ROAN AND PARACHUTE CREEK DRAINAGE BASINS GENERALIZED CORRELATION OF STRATIGRAPHIC, OIL-SHALE, AND SIMULATION MODEL LAYERS, PICEANCE BASIN SURFACE WATER AND WATERSHED MAP OIL SHALE OCCURRENCE AND YIELDS SURFACE GEOLOGY MAP RECHARGE ZONE REGIONAL RD&D TRACT RECHARGE ZONES HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY LOWER AQUIFER REGIONAL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY LOWER AQUIFER RD&D TRACTS HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY MAHOGANY CONFINING UNIT REGIONAL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY MAHOGANY CONFINING UNIT RD&D TRACTS HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY UPPER AQUIFER HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY UPPER AQUIFER RD&D TRACTS POTENTIOMETRIC SURFACE LOWER AQUIFER REGIONAL POTENTIOMETRIC SURFACE LOWER AQUIFER RD&D TRACTS POTENTIOMETRIC SURFACE UPPER AQUIFER REGIONAL POTENTIOMETRIC SURFACE UPPER AQUIFER RD&D TRACTS REGIONAL MODFLOW MODEL OF THE PICEANCE BASIN

19 SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF THE GROUND- WATER FLOW SYSTEMS: PICEANCE AND YELLOW CREEK DRAINAGE BASINS

20 SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF THE GROUND- WATER FLOW SYSTEMS: ROAN AND PARACHUTE CREEK DRAINAGE BASINS

21 GENERALIZED CORRELATION OF STRATIGRAPHIC, OIL-SHALE, AND SIMULATION MODEL LAYERS, PICEANCE BASIN, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO

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37 PICEANCE BASIN MODFLOW MODEL

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40 HYDROGEOLOGIC MAPS AND MODELS UINTA BASIN NATURAL RECHARGE AREAS DISSOLVED SOLIDS CONCENTRATIONS LOG-MOLAR RATIO OF CALCIUM PLUS MAGNESIUM CONCENTRATIONS HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY POTENTIOMETRIC SURFACE AND WELLS

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46 UINTA BASIN MODFLOW MODEL

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48 HYDROGEOLOGIC MAPS AND MODELS DIAGRAMMATIC CROSS-SECTION SUMMARIZING GROUND- WATER MOVEMENT IN THE GREEN RIVER BASIN AQUIFER SYSTEM Surface Water Map Surface Geology Map Oil Shale Occurrence and Yields Recharge Zones Bridger Aquifer Green River Form Log-Molar Concentration Bridger Aquifer Green River Form Potentiometric Surface Laney Aquifer Green River Formation Potentiometric Surface Fort Union Zone Wasatch-Fort Union Aquifer Potentiometric Surface Wasatch Zone Wasatch-Fort Union Aquifer Potentiometric Surface

49 DIAGRAMMATIC CROSS-SECTION SUMMARIZING GROUND-WATER MOVEMENT IN THE GREEN RIVER BASIN AQUIFER SYSTEM

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59 HYDROLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS AND MEASURED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY, GREEN RIVER BASIN AQUIFER SYSTEM.

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61 USES FOR THESE GIS & GROUND WATER MODELS CONSULTING ON REGIONAL AND LOCAL PROJECTS COORDINATION WITH THE BLM/USGS SURFACE AND GROUND WATER MONITORING NETWORK IN THE PICEANCE BASIN COORDINATION WITH REGIONAL MONITORING PROGRAM BY BLM/STATE/USGS

62 Pete MacMahon s USGS presentation

63 BLM/STATE/USGS REGIONAL MONITORING EFFORTS

64 CONCLUSIONS SINCE THE 1980 S BOOM, WE HAVE LEARNED THAT A GREAT DEAL OF DATA WAS LOST DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS IN THE FORM OF PAPER REPORTS AND NEW PERSONNEL TO REGULATORY AGENCIES AND PRIVATE COMPANIES. SOME OF THIS DATA FROM THE CONVENTIONAL OIL SHALE MINING ACTIVITIES AND EXPLORATION HAS BEEN UTILIZED IN THESE BASELINE GIS MODELS I PRESENTED FOR YOU (BEFORE IN-SITU MINING CONDITIONS). INTERFACING BETWEEN AN INDIVIDUAL GIS MODEL AND A PROGRAM SUCH AS THE BLM SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER MONITORING NETWORK AND REGIONAL MONITORING PROGRAMS WOULD BE MOST BENEFICIAL. A GIS MODEL SHOULD RECORD MONITORING WELLS USED FOR SAMPLING TO ESTABLISH BASELINE WATER QUALITY CHARACTERIZATION AND ZONES WITH DISTINCT WATER QUALITY SIGNATURES. GROUND WATER MODELS CAN USE THE GIS DATA BASE TO PREDICT GROUND WATER MOVEMENT AND CHANGES TO A HISTORICAL GROUND WATER MODEL DURING THE IN-SITU MINING PROCESS BOTH ON A LOCAL AND REGIONAL SCALE.

65 CONCLUSIONS DURING THE IN-SITU FRACTURING PROCESS, THE AQUIFER INPUT PARAMETERS TO A MODEL WILL CHANGE AND SHOULD BE RECORDED FOR FUTURE MANAGEMENT DECISIONS. A GIS MODEL SHOULD BE INTERACTIVE AND MONITOR AQUIFER CROSS CONTAMINATION, INCIDENTAL CONTAMINENT RELEASE TO GROUNDWATER THROUGH RELEASE OF CONTAMINENTS TO THE INJECTION WELL FIELDS, AND TRANSFER THIS INFORMATION TO A GROUNDWATER MODEL FOR ANALYSIS. CONTAMINENTS OF CONCERN THAT ARE ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE REGULATORY AGENCIES AND THE OIL SHALE MINING COMPANY SHOULD BE FIELD MONITORED AND THE RESULTING RESPONSE CONTAMINENT LEVELS ADDED TO THE GIS MODEL AND THEN A RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED WITH A CHEMICAL GROUND WATER MODEL FOR PLUME PREDICTIONS (MODELS SUCH AS MODFLOW, GROUND WATER FOR WINDOWS (GWW), ETC. IGWMC: THIS SHOULD FURTHER SPUR ON GEOLOGICAL, MINING, AND EVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AT UNIVERSITIES LIKE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES. THESE INTERACTIONS AND RESULTS WILL BE RECORDED BY REGULATORY AGENCIES, UNIVERSITIES, AND COMPANIES AND BECOME A BLUE PRINT FOR THE ENERGY WORLD. PLEASE LETS BE CAREFUL!! OUR CHILDREN WILL LIVE IN THE ENVIRONMENT WE CREATE.

66 QUESTIONS? PAUL G QUINN, P.G. BS HYDROLOGY (CIVIL) COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY ME GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING HYDROGEOLO COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES HYDROGEOLOGICAL/CIVIL ENGINEER PRESIDENT OF AMBET P. O. Box AURORA, CO EM pquinn2001@gmail.com PHONE SECRETARY/TREASURER PROFESSIONAL AUTOCAD USERS GROUP (PAUG) SALES ENGINEER QUINN PROCESS EQUIPMENT COMPANY (QPEC) CONTRACT ENGINEER LYNTEK INC.