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Researchers study Permian for answers on injection-induced earthquakes

Concerns about human-caused earthquakes could shake up water disposal in in the oil patch. Seismicity and research into injection-induced earthquakes were the focus of a recent visit to Midland by res... read more

Researchers map susceptibility to man-made earthquakes

"The example of Oklahoma shows that the key to managing seismic hazards related to these man-made, induced earthquakes is managing how much and where the wastewater is injected." Modelled wastewater i... read more

Colorado finds itself an earthquake lab amid gas boom

Colorado finds itself an earthquake lab amid gas boom Posted by Associated Press Date: September 01, 2014 By KEVIN SIMPSON The Denver Post via the Associated Press DENVER — From the living room chair ... read more

Shale Shocked: Sharp Rise In U.S. Earthquakes Directly Linked To Fracking Wastewater Reinjection

The second is a review article, “Injection-Induced Earthquakes ... faults close to failure, say researchers. Among the sites covered: a set of injection wells near Prague, Okla., where the study says ... read more

New data shows Reno County quakes triggered miles away

Recent research by Kansas geologists ... “This may explain why earthquake swarms have developed in areas with a long history of fluid injection but with no previously known injection-induced earthquak... read more

Vexed by earthquakes, Texas calls in a scientist

So local officials got some data from federal geologists, read up on the relevant scientific research and started demanding answers ... U.S.G.S. Earthquake Science Center in Menlo Park, Calif. While P... read more

Oil Industry Is To Blame For Unnatural Number Of Earthquakes In Texas

As an unnatural number of earthquakes hit Texas, researchers continue to wonder why. But, now a new study may have the answer. The research—published ... Workers stand on the platform of a fracking ri... read more

Amid oil and gas boom, Colorado continues role as earthquake lab

"It's important to identify why certain areas are prone to injection-induced quakes and some aren't." Debate over induced seismicity recently has played out in southern Colorado, where earthquake ... ... read more

Distant Quakes Trigger Temblors in the Oil Patch: Study

Oil fields of the Permian ... fields," study coauthor Geoffrey Abers, a seismologist at Lamont-Doherty, said in a statement. "We're now seeing earthquakes in places where humans are raising pore press... read more

Fracking-related activities have caused majority of recent Texas earthquakes, study finds

DALLAS (TNS) — Despite mounting evidence that oil and gas activity has triggered all of the recent earthquakes in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, regulators have consistently questioned the link. Now a ... read more

Geologist speaks about testing needed to determine cause of local earthquakes

MIDLAND, TX (KWES) - With recent reports of earthquakes ... resources on a study here," said Hennings. Hennings, the head geologist at the center for Integrated Seismic Research, spoke before the PBPA ... read more

Colorado continues as earthquake lab amid gas boom

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