Table 1: Chemical composition of Bakken field produced water, North Dakota [16].

Depth (ft)

HCO3-

(mg/L)

Ca

(mg/L)

Cl

(mg/L)

Mg

(mg/L)

K

(mg/L)

Na

(mg/L)

SO42-

(mg/L)

Dissolved

Solids (mg/L)

7906-7940

198

12864

191672

1508

N/A

106954

465

313661

8070-9156

256

10916

183260

777

2170

106400

1510

305289

9070-9156

201

10724

180026

666

2100

101300

1510

296527

10335-10402

100

30340

194200

959

3960

84400

659

314518

9182-9262

133

7852

169633

400

1590

103200

2048

284856

10532-10676

18916

846

16820

25

138

10060

10

46815

10670-10725

366

15680

183900

606

2770

97300

780

301402

10809-10857

182

22008

192780

102

3870

100200

459

319601

10860-10882

232

18000

200928

1139

3600

103100

715

327714

10973-11164

 

8442

22380

199215

466

3780

90800

45

321568

Average

2902.6

15161

171243.4

664.8

2664.222

90371.4

820.1

283195.1