Studies shake up fracking industry with quake findings

Studies shake up fracking industry with quake findings CTV.ca A new study looking at whether hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, can trigger earthquakes is being conducted just as a pair of independent papers were released internationally this week suggesting they do. (AP / Orlin Wagner) A process that involves ... CTV.ca

Manmade earthquakes trigger government drill-down into possible fracking link CanadianBusiness.com The research into whether hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, can trigger earthquakes is being conducted just as a pair of independent papers were released internationally this week suggesting they do. The studies out of mid-continent US and Britain ...

Human-made earthquakes reported in central US Reuters The abstract does not explicitly link rising earthquake activity to fracking - known formally as hydraulic fracturing - that involves pumping water and chemicals into underground rock formations to extract natural gas and oil.

Panel issues report on UK fracking use UPI.com Near Blackpool, test fracking or "fracturing," involving pumping water and chemicals into shale rock at high pressure to extract gas, was halted in 2011 when two earthquakes were felt at the surface. A government-appointed panel of experts said it ...

What's the truth about fracking? The Guardian Cuadrilla emphatically denies a local rumour that frackers hope to trigger quakes because these open up more fractures in the rock. According to the British Geological Survey, fracking does routinely create tiny tremors but these would normally be ... The Guardian

Will Shale Gas Make Blackpool The New Aberdeen? Motley Fool UK But many people want fracking banned. Their complaints aren't just because the chemicals used in fracking could contaminate the groundwater, or that there is an increased risk of air pollution. Fracking also causes earthquakes! Fracking, or 'induced ...