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Northern recent Oklahoma earthquakes blamed on wastewater injection

Two Oklahoma earthquakes Saturday, smaller quakes Sunday CUSHING, Okla. – A series of small earthquakes have been recorded across northern Oklahoma following two moderate earthquakes in the area on Saturday. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that nine quakes ranging in magnitude from 2.5 to 3.7 were recorded between 5:07 p.m. Saturday and 5:27 a.m. Sunday. No injuries […]

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California’s Monterey Shale fracking potential downgraded

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Monterey Shale deposits now estimated at 21 million barrels, down from 13.7 billion SAN FRANCISCO – A U.S. Geological Survey report out Tuesday downgrades the fracking potential of California’s vast Monterey Shale oil deposits. The study is the latest to lower a 2011 federal energy estimate that billed the Monterey Shale as a game-changer for U.S. oil,

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Supercharged wells cause more quakes: Study

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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

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Earthquakes linked to wastewater wells in dozen states – report

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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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