Fracking Update 6/15

Debate over fracking, quakes gets louder CNN The use of hydraulic fracturing to open underground natural gas formations has a low risk of triggering earthquakes, federal experts reported Friday.

Some drilling triggers small quakes, but fracking not a high risk ... Washington Post WASHINGTON — The controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas does not pose a high risk for triggering earthquakes large enough to ...

Fracking fluid injection wells do cause quakes, study finds Plain Dealer The study also said that large geothermal heating systems could have caused seismic problems. Plain Dealer

Report: Don't worry much about quakes and fracking Sacramento Bee A new government report says the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing does not pose a high risk of triggering earthquakes big enough to feel.

Report: Dont worry much about quakes and fracking FuelFix (blog) Jess Burrow, left, and James Patterson, look over the damage caused outside the home of Joe and Mary Reneau when their chimney was toppled by Saturday's ... FuelFix (blog)

Fracking for oil and gas poses little quake risk-study Reuters UK Waste water disposal is higher risk for quakes * Only one quake officially linked to fracking * Best practices protocol should be developed By Ayesha Rascoe ...

Energy technologies run risk of causing earthquakes, new report says Tulsa World Hydraulic fracturing has a low risk for causing earthquakes -- but underground injection of fracking wastes and other energy technologies present greater ...

Report: Long-term quake risks linked to carbon storage, fracking ... The Hill (blog) The study finds that the increasingly widespread gas drilling method hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, itself probably won't cause dangerous quakes, noting it ...