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Railroad Commission clears XTO on earthquakes
2015-09-01 02:08:52| Chemicals - Topix.net
A state inquiry into a series of earthquakes around the North Texas town of Azle has ruled out at least one connection to the oil and gas industry. In preliminary findings released Monday, investigators with the Texas Railroad Commission found a disposal well operated near Azle by XTO Energy was unlikely to have caused the seismic activity that shook Azle in late 2013.
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In Kansas, Less Drilling Is Triggering Fewer Earthquakes
2015-08-06 14:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wichita Eagle: As oil drilling in Kansas has slowed since winter, so have the number and power of earthquakes emanating from Harper and Sumner counties. Its no coincidence, say state geologists. There were 67 earthquakes with a magnitude of at least 3.0 in the last year, including a 4.9 in November, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Since April 1, there have been just 15 and none in July. But the geologists remain cautious. They dont know, yet, how much of the decline in earthquakes is caused...
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Oklahoma Gov. Fallin Cites 'Direct Correlation' between Disposal Wells, Earthquakes
2015-08-05 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Oklahoman: Gov. Mary Fallin on Tuesday acknowledged a link between Oklahoma's earthquake swarm and wastewater disposal wells used by the energy industry. "We all know now there is a direct correlation between the increase in earthquakes we've seen in Oklahoma and the disposal wells, based upon many different factors, whether it is volume or location or whether it is on a fault line, how deep that disposal well goes into the earth itself," Fallin said Tuesday. "Oklahoma recognizes there is an earthquake...
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Panel: Ending Oklahoma earthquakes will take research, time
2015-08-05 03:22:52| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
It could take up to another year of research to determine what has caused a recent series of Oklahoma earthquakes and whether the state is doing enough to stop them, officials said Tuesday. After meeting with members of the Coordinating Council on Seismic Activity, a panel she appointed last year to study the issue, Gov. Mary Fallin urged homeowners concerned about the safety of their homes to purchase private earthquake insurance.
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Oklahoma imposes restrictions on oil and gas wastewater disposal to check earthquakes
2015-08-05 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Oklahoma Corporation Commission in the US has unveiled a plan to reduce wastewater disposals by energy companies exploring oil and gas in northern Oklahoma County and southern Logan County.
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