About this site
This site provides access to dozens of publications and photographs created from the Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research Project (OSPER). This site compliments the USGS Oklahoma Water Science Center's Osage-Skiatook website, which is a source of more details of the study and their production histories.
Project Description
Environmental impacts of improper handling or disposal of produced waters are of concern to petroleum producers, landowners, environmental organizations, and state and federal regulators. Large volumes of highly saline, NaCl-rich produced waters are a ubiquitous by-product of oil and gas development in the Oklahoma Region. Releases of produced water can kill surface vegetation, salinize soils, increase soil erosion, and potentially contaminate local surface waters and ground waters. (Continue reading...)
Study areas for the project. Click on the icons for a description of each site. View Larger Map
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
