Scientists Say Oil Industry Likely Caused Largest Oklahoma Earthquake

Scientists Say Oil Industry Likely Caused Largest Oklahoma Earthquake
National Geographic
As pressure builds in these disposal wells, it pushes up against geological faults, sometimes causing them to rupture, setting off an earthquake. (See related blog post: "Tracing Links Between Fracking and Earthquakes.") This is what most likely ..http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/03/130329-wastewater-injection-likely-caused-quake/

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Study Says Fracking and Earthquakes 'Potentially Related' With the skyline of Youngstown, Ohio in the distance, a brine injection well owned by Northstar Disposal Services LLC is seen in Youngstown on Wednesday, ... www.mintpress.net/study-says-fracking-and-earthquakes-pote...

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