Today there was a M2.9 frackquake near Snyder, Texas. Event Page This is the area where scientists said injection of CO2 for enhanced recovery of oil and gas was causing the earthquake swarm including one M4.4 earthquake. If you want to … [Read more...]
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Earthquake in West Texas oil and gas patch
This morning there was a M2.7 earthquake in the Snyder, Texas area. This is the area where scientists said injection of CO2 for enhanced recovery of oil and gas was causing the earthquake swarm experienced there including the M4.4 earthquake. Here … [Read more...]
Fracking Earthquakes and Industry’s Deadbeat Dad Problem
The U.S. has seen a precipitous increase in shale oil and gas extraction over the past decade that would be impossible without the coupling of two old technologies, horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing aka fracking. The courting and … [Read more...]
Tap dancing around fracking earthquakes
“Any time you are putting material into the ground, particularly under pressure, you are going to have the potential to break rock,” says Robert Balch, a geophysicist at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro. Source The … [Read more...]
2.6M fracking earthquake in North Texas
Same area as the others. Event Page My bad. There was a 2.8 M earthquake in the Snyder, Texas area on December 8th but fracking earthquakes in Texas are ao yesterday's news. Event Page As usual, please exercise common sense about fracking … [Read more...]
Fracking holiday earthquakes
The last time I posted about fracking earthquakes was before Christmas when I posted about the latest quake in Snyder, Texas but that doesn't mean there haven't been any quakes. Here's the rundown of fracking earthquakes since December … [Read more...]
Most recent 3.7M fracking earthquake in Texas
Another one in Snyder Texas. I think this was was caused by the Big Gas Mafia trying to spin the EPA's finding that fracking has contaminated drinking water. 3.7M Event Page For more information on how fracking and drilling causes earthquakes … [Read more...]
Recent fracking earthquakes
November 24th, Thanksgiving Day fracking earthquakes. 2.8M Event Page in West Texas. This is around Snyder, TX where there have been several quakes lately. I've posted maps previously. 3.7M Event Page in Oklahoma in the same general area of the … [Read more...]
Fracking a nuclear plant in the Barnett Shale
The Army Corps of Engineers wrote a letter in February recommending a 3000 foot setback from dams to prevent a "catastrophic event." Mysteriously, the Corps later issued another letter that was less alarming but still emphasized the unknowns and … [Read more...]
Updated: 3.7 Earthquake in Texas
3.7 Earthquake near Snyder, TX.20 km (12 miles) N (8 degrees) of Snyder, TX31 km (19 miles) NNW (338 degrees) of Hermleigh, TX39 km (24 miles) W (276 degrees) of Rotan, TX117 km (73 miles) WNW (295 degrees) of Abilene, TX383 km (238 miles) W (273 … [Read more...]
Marcellus Shale: Pitting Neighbor Against Neighbor
Whoa! NY State seems to have plans to dump their wastewater in PA.Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement On The Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Regulatory Program5.13.3.4 Out-of-State Treatment PlantsThe only regulatory role DEC has … [Read more...]