Research Article

Occurrence and Origin of H2S from Volcanic Reservoirs in Niudong Area of the Santanghu Basin, NW China

Table 3

Hydrochemistry of the formation water from the Niudong area, Santanghu Basin.

Sample no.StratumSampling dateH2S (ppm/m3 air)mg/LTypepH
K++Na+Ca2+Mg2+Cl-SO42-HCO3-CO32-Total salinity

ND8-14C2k2008/8/7n.d.41086429117559207102685218CaCl29.3
ND78-9C2k2008/8/61155925451165232164n.d.2986NaCl27.3
ND78-812C2k2010/8/7637112310512283168n.d.1467NaCl6.0
ND89-10C2k2010/10/844647442241375329397n.d.3214CaCl27.0
ND8-11C2k2008/8/73510086836719554341171n.d.5318NaCl6.5
ND89-9C2k2008/11/431592521141544349123n.d.3143NaCl26.0
ND8-111C2k2010/5/11319456698127247482n.d.2659CaCl27.0
ND89-812C2k2010/8/2425693152130949585n.d.1294CaSO46.0
ND9-9C2k2010/3/75054738415139318857n.d.2584CaCl27.0
ND89-91C2k2010/6/544869369151324495596n.d.3668NaCl6.0
ND 8-71C2k2007/12/21120386396712642736102126CaCl29.0
ND8-10C2k2007/10/161339487312214751288143n.d.4295CaCl27.7
ND8-8C2k2008/8/710537404511368255234n.d.2849NaCl26.5

Note: these data were provided by the Santanghu Oil Production Plant of Tuha Oilfield Company. pH was tested at room temperature.