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Natural gas firm asked to show it's not causing Texas quakes
2015-06-10 20:25:11| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Regulators are holding hearings with a natural gas extraction company controlled by energy giant Exxon Mobil, seeking proof that it's not to blame for recent small North Texas earthquakes. The company is expected to provide evidence that its operation of disposal wells did not cause 2013 and 2014 quakes in Azle and nearby communities.
Exxon to Face Regulators Over Quakes
2015-06-09 15:02:52| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
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Oil CEO Hamm sought ouster of scientists looking at quakes
2015-05-16 05:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Oilman Harold Hamm, CEO of Continental Resources Inc., told a University of Oklahoma dean last year that scientists studying links between oil drilling and earthquakes should be dismissed, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. Bloomberg, citing emails obtained through a public records request, said Hamm indicated he wanted to see some scientists at the Oklahoma Geological Survey, which is based at the university, let go. Scientists have said the reinjection of drilling and fracking wastewater...
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Railroad Commission moves to shut down disposal wells linked to quakes
2015-04-25 16:18:08| Chemicals - Topix.net
The Texas Railroad Commission moved Friday to shut down two wastewater disposal wells in North Texas' Barnett Shale after they were linked to seismic activity in the area. A study released by scientists at SMU earlier this week presented evidence a series of earthquakes around the rural town of Azle in late 2013 were caused by two disposal wells operated by XTO Energy, the Forth Worth subsidiary of Exxon Mobil, and Houston-based EnerVest.
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Railroad commission moves to shut down wells linked to quakes
2015-04-25 13:23:12| Energy - Topix.net
The Texas Railroad Commission said Friday that it was considering shutting down two wastewater disposal wells in North Texas' Barnett Shale after they were linked to seismic activity in the area. A study led by scientists at Southern Methodist University published earlier this week presented evidence that a series of earthquakes around the rural town of Azle in late 2013 were caused by two disposal wells operated by oil and gas companies XTO Energy - the Fort Worth subsidiary of Exxon Mobil - and Houston-based EnerVest.
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