Posted on 10/24/2016 3:30:11 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The third-largest earthquake in Oklahoma was likely triggered by underground disposal of wastewater from oil and natural gas production, the U.S. Geological Survey found in a report issued Monday.
The magnitude 5.1 quake that struck northwest of Fairview in February was likely induced by distant disposal wells, the agency said. The USGS report indicated that in the area around where the Fairview quake occurred, the volume of fluid injected had increased sevenfold over three years. …
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The ability to inform is the ability to misinform.
Oklahoma and its inhabitants NEED the energy industry or they are toast. So, they are wise in not destroying the goose that lays the golden egg.
Fracking and water disposal are two totally different things. The author must research before writing!
Oops, the article does not fault fracking for the EQ activity. Wastewater disposal is known to facilitate seismic. It probably can be mitigated by lowering the injection rate.
“Oops, the article does not fault fracking for the EQ activity. Wastewater disposal is known to facilitate seismic. It probably can be mitigated by lowering the injection rate.”
Only the water disposal wells in the deep Arbuckle formation are being blamed. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has taken steps to have those wells that are close to fault lines plugged back to shallower formations or injection rates reduced.
There has been a decrease in earthquake activity and strength since then. It will take time as there was quite a bit of water disposed in the Arbuckle and take a while for the effects to subside.
Earth quakes have been happening in OK for at least 200 years. Are they saying that NOW it is caused by fracking?
Or fracking is making it worse?
5.56mm
What BS. These are “scientists”?! They clearly have no idea about the forces involved in even a 5.1 earthquake. Hint: It’s about like a nuke.
Waste water disposal is not fracking and it probably is a problem, not fracking.
It might be a problem, but not one that causes quakes, which originate far, far deeper than any drilled well or disposal site.
The frequency of quakes in OK has increased dramatically. See posts 5 through 7 for accurate info (as opposed to the article/headline.)
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