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Oklahoma has more earthquakes than California?!
Posted on 4/4/15 at 6:27 am
Posted on 4/4/15 at 6:27 am
It does according to the NY Times:
"From 2010 to 2013...Oklahoma went from three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater to 109 — and to 585 in 2014, and to 750-plus this year, should the current pace continue. In the United States, only Alaska is shaken more."
The oil & gas industry injects millions of gallons of toxic waste water into rock formations near fault zones, which seems to be the cause of the increase in seismic activity.
"From 2010 to 2013...Oklahoma went from three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater to 109 — and to 585 in 2014, and to 750-plus this year, should the current pace continue. In the United States, only Alaska is shaken more."
The oil & gas industry injects millions of gallons of toxic waste water into rock formations near fault zones, which seems to be the cause of the increase in seismic activity.
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Posted on 4/4/15 at 6:29 am to 995webmaster
Your last statement shows that you have no idea about the process of fracking.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 6:30 am to 995webmaster
Yeah, we know...
Posted on 4/4/15 at 6:30 am to 995webmaster
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NY Times
Buncha libs. This is all a coincidence in ok oh tx etc.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 6:34 am to 995webmaster
Did you read this part:
"Acting on geologists’ suspicions after the first temblor, regulators tested and pored over operations data from three wells — two small ones and a huge one, called Wilzetta, sunk by the Tulsa-based company New Dominion in 1999. They were seeking some definitive cause of the tremor.
They found none. The wells still pump today, even as worried regulators wave off operators who want to sink new ones. Indeed, by December 2013, Wilzetta had nearly doubled its average monthly volume of waste compared with the months before the 2011 shocks.
Without convincing evidence that a well poses a seismic threat, one official said, regulators are powerless to order precautions, much less shutdowns. “Shut it in? How?” said that official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was barred from discussing specific cases. “Show me the cause. Show me the violation.”
"Acting on geologists’ suspicions after the first temblor, regulators tested and pored over operations data from three wells — two small ones and a huge one, called Wilzetta, sunk by the Tulsa-based company New Dominion in 1999. They were seeking some definitive cause of the tremor.
They found none. The wells still pump today, even as worried regulators wave off operators who want to sink new ones. Indeed, by December 2013, Wilzetta had nearly doubled its average monthly volume of waste compared with the months before the 2011 shocks.
Without convincing evidence that a well poses a seismic threat, one official said, regulators are powerless to order precautions, much less shutdowns. “Shut it in? How?” said that official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was barred from discussing specific cases. “Show me the cause. Show me the violation.”
Posted on 4/4/15 at 6:45 am to TheHiddenFlask
In fact, the article and the OP are referring to Salt Water or Waste Water disposal wells, not fracking.
ETA: But I agree that OP seems extremely ignorant.
ETA: But I agree that OP seems extremely ignorant.
This post was edited on 4/4/15 at 6:50 am
Posted on 4/4/15 at 6:50 am to abitabrewed4LSU
The OP admits he's pretty clueless about drilling and that kind of stuff.
But if it's not the O&G industry causing all this extra seismic activity, what is?
But if it's not the O&G industry causing all this extra seismic activity, what is?
Posted on 4/4/15 at 7:32 am to 995webmaster
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But if it's not the O&G industry causing all this extra seismic activity, what is?
Posted on 4/4/15 at 7:45 am to Layabout
Godzilla
Posted on 4/4/15 at 8:06 am to 995webmaster
quote:
The oil & gas industry injects millions of gallons of toxic waste water into rock formations near fault zones, which seems to be the cause of the increase in seismic activity.
This post was edited on 4/4/15 at 8:07 am
Posted on 4/4/15 at 8:29 am to 995webmaster
It's not really the fracking as much as it is the disposal companies.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 8:46 am to hendersonshands
Why would it be disposal? I don't even kind of understand that. Fracking makes some sense, but disposal? They are just dropping water into empty holes.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 9:03 am to TheHiddenFlask
Posted on 4/4/15 at 9:19 am to 995webmaster
Had a 4.2 this morning and a 4.0 last night.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 9:25 am to 995webmaster
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The OP admits he's pretty clueless about drilling and that kind of stuff.
So you regurgitate propaganda that you don't understand? Nice.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 9:45 am to TheHiddenFlask
Injecting o and g waste water by pumping into areas with active faults. Quakes are a recent thing in the last 3-5 years.
To others denying claims of O & G cause, you must know more than everyone at the DUG OKC conference including the OU geology professor who spoke on the topic.
To others denying claims of O & G cause, you must know more than everyone at the DUG OKC conference including the OU geology professor who spoke on the topic.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 9:50 am to member12
What makes you laugh at this?
Posted on 4/4/15 at 11:26 am to hendersonshands
That didn't really explain any of the physics behind it. I don't count the paragraph mentioning the air hockey table theory because there was no explanation of how that was relevant to what is going on underground.
I'm not saying it can't be true, but I'm yet to see any actual evidence or viable theory.
I'm not saying it can't be true, but I'm yet to see any actual evidence or viable theory.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 1:45 pm to TheHiddenFlask
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