Tag: Earthquakes
How Environmental NGOs use junk science, hysteria about fracking-induced earthquakes to trash energy projects – Part 2
Regulators do a good job of monitoring fracking-induced earthquakes, putting mitigation plans in place In Part 1 of this column I examined how ENGOs and their “experts” used flimsy science and exaggerated claims to call for the end of fracking in NE British Columbia. In Part 2, I deflate their criticisms of fracking-induced earthquakes. There […]
How Environmental NGOs use junk science, hysteria about fracking-induced earthquakes to trash energy projects – Part 1
Part 2 of column will show how facts don’t line up with ENGO’s version of fracking-induced earthquakes Recent controversy about fracking-induced earthquakes in NE British Columbia illustrates how North American environmental NGOs use junk science and hysteria to distort the public debate over energy infrastructure projects. The discussion was kicked off by an Aug. 17 4.6 […]
Supercharged wells cause more quakes: Study
Supercharged wells pump more wastewater, faster underground The more oil and gas companies pump their saltwater waste into the ground, and the faster they do it, the more they have triggered earthquakes in the central United States, a massive new study found. An unprecedented recent jump in quakes in America’s heartland can be traced to the stepped […]
Azle disposal wells subject of show cause hearing investigating earthquakes
XTO Energy, Enervest Operating will defend their Azle area operating permits A recent study linking strong earthquakes near Azle to waste water disposal wells has caused the Texas Railroad Commission to summon two producers to a show cause hearing in June. On Friday the Commission directed its Hearings Division to initiate proceedings requiring the operators of […]
Railroad Commission hosts public hearing into Azle earthquakes
3.6 magnitude earthquakes were felt above ground, says Railroad Commission The Texas Railroad Commission says it is taking steps to address concerns after a study published in science journal Nature Communications confirmed recent earthquakes near Azle were caused by waste water disposal wells. RRC Commissioner Ryan Sitton Thursday directed Commission staff to work with seismic researchers at […]
Fracking, disposal wells are inducing earthquakes, but caution advised
Much more study needs to be done about relationship between oil and gas activities and earthquakes Recent Canadian experience may be instructive for American states worried about earthquakes caused by hydraulic fracturing and waste water disposal wells, as reported in a new study from the Geological Survey. Both Alberta, home of the Canadian oil and gas industry, […]
Earthquakes linked to wastewater wells in dozen states – report
Wastewater wells linked earthquakes in over a dozen US areas With the evidence coming in from one study after another, scientists are now more certain than ever that oil and gas drilling is causing hundreds upon hundreds of earthquakes across the U.S. So far, the quakes have been mostly small and have done little damage […]
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