Formation waters from oil and gas fields in Akita Prefecture, Japan, have the following geochemical characteristics.
1) Very low SO
42- and Mg
2+ contents, and high HCO
3-, I
-, and NH
4+ contents compared withseawater.
2) A relatively narrow range of
δD values between -17 and -4 ‰ and large variations of
δ18Ovalues from -3.5 to +3.7‰, similar to formation waters from oil and gas fields in Niigata, Japan.
These chemical and isotopic data indicate that the formation waters were originated from seawater that was trapped in sediment pore spaces during deposition and was subsequently altered during the interaction with reservoir rocks, during the maturation of organic matters, and during diagenesis.
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