Tag: Wastewater Injection
More Oklahoma earthquakes linked to wastewater wells in 2017 – USGS
Oklahoma earthquakes induced by industry reduced in 2016, but largest quake recorded last year Some areas in southern Kansas and Oklahoma are likely to experience damaging earthquakes due to oil industry activity in 2017, according to the United States Geological Survey. The USGS has created maps that identify ground-shaking hazards in 2017 caused by human […]
Cushing works to resume normal operations after 5.0 earthquake
Cushing Oklahoma home to storage tanks holding 60 million barrels of crude By Jessica Resnick-Ault NEW YORK, Nov 7 (Reuters) – U.S. pipeline companies with operations in Cushing Oklahoma, at the heart of the country’s commercial oil industry, restarted on Monday after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake late on Sunday triggered safety shutdowns. The epicenter of the […]
Oklahoma earthquakes prompt agency to order well cutbacks
The number of Oklahoma earthquakes has skyrocketed to over 900 in 2015 OKLAHOMA CITY _Oklahoma oil-and-gas regulators on Tuesday issued their most far-reaching directive yet in response to a surge in earthquakes by asking the operators of nearly 250 injection wells to reduce the amount of wastewater they inject underground by 40 per cent. The Oklahoma […]
Some California earthquakes linked to oil operations: Report
California earthquakes occurred during peak wastewater injection period SAN FRANCISCO _ A 2005 spate of quakes in California’s Central Valley almost certainly was triggered by oilfield injection underground, a study published Thursday said in the first such link in California between oil and gas operations and earthquakes. Researchers at the University of California at Santa […]
3 Oklahoma earthquakes capable of moderate damage registered: USGS
Oklahoma earthquakes registered Wednesday night, northwest of Oklahoma City FAIRVIEW, Okla. _ Three earthquakes capable of causing moderate damage rocked northwestern Oklahoma overnight, but there were no immediate reports of significant damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey reports a magnitude 4.7 quake hit just before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday about 20 miles northwest of Fairview […]
Friday shaker a reminder Oklahoma most earthquake-prone region in world
Oklahoma earthquakes blamed on oil and gas wastewater injection wells A 4.2 magnitude earthquake centred north of Oklahoma City hit Friday morning, the latest in a series of quakes that’s prompted state regulators to call for more restrictions on oil and gas operators. According the U.S. Geological Survey’s website, the quake happened at 5:39 a.m. in an […]
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 […]
Texas earthquakes linked to gas wells, wastewater injection
Texas earthquakes recorded on previously inactive fault lines With real-time monitors, scientists have linked a swarm of small Texas earthquakes west of Fort Worth to nearby natural gas wells and wastewater injection. In 84 days from November 2013 to January 2014, the area around Azle, Texas, shook with 27 magnitude 2 or greater earthquakes, while scientists […]
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