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Distant Quakes Trigger Temblors in the Oil Patch: Study

2013-07-12 21:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Daily Climate: Wells filled with waste injection fluids at oil and gas fields across the United States are at risk of small earthquakes triggered by larger temblors across the globe, according to a new study published Thursday. Waste injection wells are on the rise as domestic energy production soars and companies increasingly use water and chemicals to unlock natural gas from shale or force oil from wells, a process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. As oil and gas industries pump waste into sub-surface...

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