COMPOSITION OF THE OIL-FIELD WATERS. 85 
Table 14.— Analyses of waters from various horizons in the Kern River, Lost Hills, and 
McKittrick oil fields, Cal. 
83 
84 
85 
86 
87 
88 
89 
PROPERTIES OF REACTION IN 
PER CENT. 
Primary salinity. 
34.4 
41.6 
12.2 
58.8 
87.6 
94.0 
72.8 
Secondary salinity. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
10.4 
1.6 
0 
Primary alkalinity. 
4.4 
33.0 
76.2 
40.2 
0 
0 
24.0 
Secondary alkalinity. 
61.2 
25.4 
11.6 
1.0 
2.0 
4.4 
3.2 
Ratio of rS0 4 to rS0 4 +rCl. 
62.8 
20.2 
8.0 
0 
5.7 
Trace. 
.6 
Ratio ofrCOs+rHCOs to rS0 4 .. 
3 
7 
88 
OO 
.36 
44.0 
68.0 
CONSTITUENTS IN PARTS PER 
- 
MILLION. 
Sodium (Na). 
l 99 
I a 51 
a 296 
l 1 K£0 
/o4,773 
07,635 
04 ,132 
Potassium (K). 
f 22 
\. 
> l,OOU 
\ . 
Calcium (Ca). 
IS 
13 
20 
10 
214 
195 
38 
Magnesium (Mg). 
4.2 
1.2 
8.6 
1.2 
228 
144 
52 
Iron (Fe) . 
. 1 
f . 
. 1 
} b 16 
5 21 
% 
Aluminum (Al). 
1 5 5 
5 2.7 
Sulphate (Sb 4 ).. 
21 
12 
7.5 
0 
634 
17 
28 
Chloride (Cl). 
9.1 
35 
58 
1,418 
7,744 
11,946 
4,766 
Carbonate (C0 3 ). 
0 
c52 
c384 
0 
c 145 
c464 
cl, 513 
Bicarbonate ('HCO 3 ') . 
71 
1,708 
Silica (Si02). 
18 
23 
52 
46 
48 
67 
127.4 
192.2 
826.1 
3,821.3 
13,800 
20,470 
10,598.7 
REACTING VALUES IN PER CENT. 
Alkalies: 
Sodium (rNa). 
Potassium 
} 19.4 
( o37.3 
a44.2 
} 49.5 
f 043.8 
0 47.0 
o48.4 
Alkaline earths: 
i . 
Calcium (rCa). 
22.2 
11.0 
3.4 
.4 
2.2 
1.3 
.5 
Magnesium (rMg). 
8.4 
1.7 
2.4 
.1 
4.0 
1.7 
1.1 
Strong acids: 
Sulphate (rS0 4 ). 
10.8 
4.2 
.5 
.0 
2.8 
Trace. 
.2 
Chloride (rCl). 
6.4 
16.6 
5.6 
29.4 
46.2 
47.8 
36.2 
Weak acids: 
Carbonate (rCO ; s). 
0 
c29.2 
C43.9 
.0 
cl.O 
c2.2 
c 13.6 
Hinarhonata frH(!()«d _ 
32.8 
20.6 
ANALYSIS AS REPORTED. 
fin^inm Qiilnhatfi 
1.05 
.65 
Sodium r.hloride . 
3.39 
5.56 
705.65 
1,116.23 
459.11 
Sndinm carbonate . 
3.01 
34.30 
1.79 
14.30 
139.32 
P.ntcinm sn Inhate. 
40.58 
1.42 
.71 
Pfllpinni ohloridP) 
6.85 
Pn.lc.iirm carbonate . 
1.88 
2.96 
1.35 
21.15 
5.01 
\f q cm AQi’nm <;nlnhatA 
10.50 
1.40 
MfHrnpciiim oh 1 or id 0 
33.25 
22.93 
.27 
Macroo^inm carbonate 
.26 
1.75 
9.36 
8.93 
9.30 
Tron and alnmina .. 
.30 
.92 
1.20 
.16 
Silica... 
1.36 
3.06 
2.69 
2.83 
3.89 
11.26 
48.28 
806.09 
1,195.84 
619.17 
a Reported and calculated as sodium but Includes potassium. 
5 Fe203+Al2C>3. 
c Reported and calculated as carbonate but probably m part bicarbonate. 
d In hypothetic combinations, in grains per U. S. gallon. 
85. 
86 . 
Kern River field: , , . „ . . , 
83 Kern River water at Bakersfield. Mean of 35 analyses of samples collected every 10 days m 
1906. Analysts, F. M. Eaton and P. L. McCreary (U. S. Geol. Survey Water-Supply Paper 
84. Standard 5 O il Co ? water well, sec. 5, T. 28 S., R.27 E. Water from 380 to 397 feet. Analyst, Stand¬ 
ard Oil Co., October, 1913. „ . , . 0MO , , . , 
Standard Oil Co. well 1, sec. 27, T. 28 S., R. 27 E. Water from 1,990 feet to 2,018 feet or about 
200 feet above tar and oil sands. Analyst, Standard Oil Co., January, 1915. # 
Petroleum Development Co., see. 4, T. 29 S., R. 28 E. Well 5,135 feet deep. Water is from brown 
shale, containing shows of oil, but over 3,000 feet below producing oil zone. (U. S. Geol. Survey 
Water-Supply Paper 398, Table 61, p. 294, 1916.) 
Lost Hihs^fieM. Incorporated 0jl Co well sec 7> T- 2 7 S., R. 21 E. Water from 180 feet, and probably 
not affected by oil. Analyst, Smith, Emery & Co. , ,, , 
88 Associated Oil Co. well 3, sec. 13, T. 26 S., R. 20 E. Water probably from a short distance above 
the oil. Analyst, Smith, Emery & Co. Authority, Associated Oil Co. 
MC ^9 1 Associated Oil Co. well Del Monte 38, sec. 18, T. 30 S., R. 21 E. Water pumped with the oil. 
Analyst, Smith. Emery & Co. Authority, Associated Oil Co. This analysis is typical of the 
water associated with the oil in the McKittrick field. 
