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What's behind Oklahoma's surge in earthquakes?
2014-06-27 13:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: Since January, there have been nearly as many earthquakes in Oklahoma than all of last year. With the sudden spike, residents in Oklahoma are questioning whether fracking is behind the change, reports CBS News' Manuel Bojorquez. It was clear at a town hall gathering Thursday night in Edmond, Oklahoma, that rattled nerves are starting to fray. Hundreds of people crowded into a church demanding to know why the ground keeps shaking. "The risk is all taken over the homeowner, it's our lives, it's...
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New Rigs Head To Oklahoma's Southern Woodford Shale Play
2014-04-22 09:09:00| OGI
Operators are optimizing the Woodford Shale in the Ardmore and southern Anadarko basins and seeking newbuild rigs to meet drilling requirements for extended laterals.
Report: Oklahoma's Most Powerful Earthquake Cause Determined
2014-03-09 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Weather Channel: One of Oklahoma's biggest man-made earthquakes, caused by fracking-linked wastewater injection, triggered an earthquake cascade that led to the damaging magnitude-5.7 Prague quake that struck on Nov. 6, 2011, a new study confirms. The findings suggest that even small man-made earthquakes, such as those of just a magnitude 1 or magnitude 2, can trigger damaging quakes, said study co-author Elizabeth Cochran, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. "Even if wastewater injection only directly...
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Walker says Oklahoma's Fallin will join bike ride
2013-08-02 20:37:44| Automakers - Topix.net
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has taken motorcycle riding lessons and will join him on a Harley Davidson ride on Friday night.
Wastewater Injection Linked to Oklahomas Largest Earthquake
2013-03-28 22:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The rising number of earthquakes in normally calm parts of Arkansas, Texas, Ohio and Colorado are linked to the underground injection of wastewater, finds a new study in the journal "Geology." As an example, the study authors point to the magnitude 5.7 earthquake near Prague, Oklahoma on November 6, 2011. The largest quake ever recorded in Oklahoma, this quake is also the largest ever linked to wastewater injection. The quake destroyed 14 homes in the Shawnee-Sparks area, buckled a federal highway...
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