Oklahoma residents sue oil and gas companies over earthquakes
The lawsuit alleges that the companies were negligent in disposing of saltwater waste from their drilling activities in the area without considering the risks of inducing seismic activity.
View ArticleOklahoma officials, company try settling disposal well fight
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission issued a voluntary directive to a dozen energy companies Dec. 3 after the Medford and Cherokee area felt a swarm of earthquakes, including a 4.7-magnitude quake.
View ArticleOklahoma regulators order reduced injection well volumes after quakes
The Oklahoma Geological Survey has said it is "very likely" that most earthquakes are triggered by the subsurface injection of wastewater from the drilling operations.
View ArticleMore quakes rattle Oklahoma, but state avoids tough measures
The quakes, which have been mostly small to medium sized, have caused limited damage, and no one foresees anything like the massive damage and deaths in the famous quakes in California, seismologists say.
View ArticleFirst research links California quakes to oil operations
In Kern County, the shaking topped out on Sept. 22, 2005, with three quakes, the biggest magnitude 4.6, researchers said.
View ArticleUSGS forecasts high earthquake risk linked to oil and gas actvity
Approximately 7 million Americans are at increased earthquake risk this year due to oil and gas activity, the U.S. Geological Survey reported Monday.
View ArticleUSGS head warns Senate on earthquake risk around oil and gas activity
The head of the U.S. Geological Survey told senators Thursday her agency would work with federal regulators on developing new rules around oil and gas activity tied to a surge in earthquakes in...
View ArticleEnergy-related earthquakes to be subject of geologists webinar
Another indicator the industry is getting serious about oil-and-gas earthquakes: The American Geosciences Institute has scheduled a free online seminar on the topic for geologists next month. “The...
View ArticleTexas now has earthquake sensors. But will anyone be watching them?
It looks like TexNet, the program installing 55 new earthquake sensors all over Texas, may get state funding after all. Two years ago, the state Legislature sent $4.5 million to the Bureau of Economic...
View ArticleOklahoma task force seeks to reduce earthquakes and reuse wastewater
As a part of a state initiative to address a future water shortage, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board released a report on Thursday offering solutions to Oklahoma’s newfound earthquake problem:...
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