Home Shale Oil & Gas: Potential For Earthquakes Could Cause Sector To Lose Footing
 

Keywords :   


Shale Oil & Gas: Potential For Earthquakes Could Cause Sector To Lose Footing

2014-05-06 07:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Forbes: Shale oil and shale gas development is helping give new life to parts of the country. But it could also be helping to do something more nefarious contribute to smaller earthquakes by discharging millions of tons of wastewater that had been used to drill. Thats according to research recently presented at the Seismological Society of America annual meeting by the U.S. Geological Survey. It says that water that is leftover after fracking must get flushed back down. That is adding stress to existing...

Tags: to potential gas oil

Category:Electronics and Electrical

Latest from this category

All news

»
07.11Hurricane Rafael Update Statement
07.11Summary for Hurricane Rafael (AT3/AL182024)
07.11Australia plans social media ban for under-16s
07.11Hurricane Rafael Update Statement
07.11Summary for Hurricane Rafael (AT3/AL182024)
07.11Moldova cleans up its act to attract foreign businesses
07.11Bank of England expected to cut interest rates
07.11Will Trump's victory spark a global trade war?
More »