Study Says Earthquakes Are Increasing in U.S. Oil Regions June 15, 2021 The number of noticeable earthquakes has been increasing year after year since 2017 in the key oil producing regions of...
Oklahoma Injection Wells Closed or Reduced After 4.2 Magnitude Quake February 22, 2021 The injection of wastewater into underground wells by oil and natural gas producers has been stopped or reduced in the...
Study Finds Possible Deep, Unmapped Faults in Oklahoma June 7, 2018 By Ken Miller Scientists may have found previously unmapped faults in Oklahoma that could be contributing to a sharp increase in induced earthquakes...
Oklahoma Orders More Cuts in Water Injection Amounts After Earthquakes April 12, 2018 The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has directed a wastewater disposal well to reduce its volume of injection after more than a...
Kansas House Panel Rejects Earthquake-Prevention Bill February 20, 2018 A Kansas House committee has rejected a bill that was designed to prevent earthquakes that experts say are caused by...
New Sensors Tracking Earthquakes Across Texas November 29, 2017 By Shannon Najmabadi, The Texas Tribune Note: This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune. Three years ago, a series of quakes rattled North Texas —...
Despite Reduction in Oil, Gas Wastewater Injections, Oklahoma Quakes Continue August 16, 2017 The disposal of wastewater from oil and gas production by injecting it deep into the ground has been linked to...
EPA Wants 7 Oklahoma Oil Well Injection Sites Shuttered August 1, 2017 The Environmental Protection Agency has requested oil producers stop injecting wastewater in seven well sites in northeast Oklahoma to halt...
EPA to Oklahoma Officials: Do More to Curb Earthquakes February 6, 2017 The Environmental Protection Agency told Oklahoma regulators last November to do more to protect the state from a surge in...
Ohio’s Authority to Regulate Injection Wells Goes Before Judge November 2, 2016 A judge in Columbus is preparing to hear arguments in a dispute over Ohio’s authority to regulate oil andgas operations,...