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12 Earthquakes Hit Frack-Happy Oklahoma in Less Than a Week
2016-01-05 17:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: After the Oklahoma City area was hit by at least a dozen earthquakes in less than a week, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, which regulates the states oil and gas industry, ordered Monday that several injection well operators reduce wastewater disposal volumes. We are working with researchers on the entire area of the state involved in the latest seismic activity to plot out where we should go from here, Oil and Gas Conservation Division Director Tim Baker told the Associated Press. The commissions...
Energy Companies Want Judge to Dismiss Historic Lawsuit Over Oklahoma Earthquakes
2015-12-10 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Energy companies are trying to legally distance themselves from the fracking-linked earthquakes currently rattling Oklahoma. According to a new report from the Associated Press, Lincoln County District Judge Cynthia Ferrell Ashwood is hearing two energy companies` motion to dismiss a major liability lawsuit. The lawsuit in question was brought by Sandra Ladra, an Oklahoma woman who claims she was injured after a 5.6-magnitude quake--the largest ever recorded in the state--hit the city of Prague...
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Does fracking cause earthquakes?
2015-12-06 07:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Fracking has revolutionised the US energy market, with oil and gas extraction lowering household gas prices, reducing energy costs, while helping make the country energy self-sufficient. Considered faster and more efficient than other methods of extraction, the process involves injecting large volumes of water, chemicals, and sand at high pressure deep underground to dislodge oil and gas. The oil and gas are separated from the water, which is then pumped deep underground for storage in injection...
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Oklahoma Oil Workers Worry About Industry-Linked Earthquakes
2015-12-05 17:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Oklahoma's on a track to have a record year of earthquakes. More than 5,000 have already been group recorded, and those quakes appear to endanger the industry that created them. The ground is shaking near Cushing, Okla., home to the largest commercial crude oil storage center in North America. As Joe Wertz from StateImpact Oklahoma reports, researchers say the earthquakes could compromise the economically vital energy hub. JOE WERTZ, BYLINE: This little patch of prairie in northeastern...
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Confidence In Oil Hub Security Shaken By Oklahoma Earthquakes
2015-11-30 12:01:15| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The ground is shaking near Cushing, Okla., home to the largest commercial crude oil storage center in North America. Researchers say the earthquakes could compromise the economically vital energy hub.
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