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Category: Earthquakes

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  • Netherlands

Earthquakes Are Jolting the Netherlands. Gas Drilling Is to Blame.

JDriving through fields of low-lying Dutch farmland you pass an occasional odd cluster of silvery pipes and tanks. They are the only visible sign that deep below this northeast corner Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Alberta Imposes New Fracking Restrictions Near Dam after Quakes

In a significant development, the Alberta Energy Regulator has acknowledged that hydraulic fracturing operations can impose high risks to critical infrastructure such as dams, an issue of growing concern at Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Jun 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Dutch gas-producing Groningen region hit by 3.4 magnitude earthquake

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake hit the northern Dutch village of Westerwijtwerd close to the giant Groningen gas field early Wednesday, Dutch meteorology institute KNMI said. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 May 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Earthquakes
  • Shale Gas
  • United Kingdom

Cuadrilla Halts Fracking Again Operations As Tremors Persist

Cuadrilla has halted fracking operations for a fourth time in the last two months as yet another tremor was recorded near the shale gas company’s Preston new Road site in Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Dec 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Earthquakes
  • Netherlands

Groningen gas production to drop 75 percent by 2023

Gas production at the earthquake-prone Groningen field will drop by at least 75 percent in the next five years, ahead of schedule towards the projected end of extraction. The Dutch Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Dec 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Earthquakes
  • Iran
  • Iraq

Iran Suspends Gas Exports To Iraq After Earthquake

Iran halted late on Tuesday gas exports to neighboring Iraq for several days, in order to repair pipeline damages caused by an earthquake near the Iraqi border on Sunday night, Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Nov 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Earthquakes
  • Shale Oil

How energy companies set off earthquakes miles away from their waste dumps

 Each day across the United States, 2 billion gallons of fossil-fuel-industry wastewater flies through thousands of underground tubes. The injection wells descend into porous rock, filling gaps with brine and Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Aug 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Earthquakes
  • United Kingdom

Scientists Want Oil Drilling Ban In British County After Series of Earthquakes

Four senior geologists are calling for a moratorium on oil and gas drilling in Surrey in the UK, southeast of London, after 12 earthquakes were registered in the area over Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Aug 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Earthquakes

Tremor reported in shale-rich Oklahoma

A small tremor was recorded early Friday in the shale heartland of Oklahoma, one day after state regulators limited work because of seismic activity. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Apr 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Earthquakes

Oklahoma Orders Cut to Disposal Well Volumes Following Quakes

Oklahoma regulators forced an oil and gas producer to reduce operations on a well used for disposing of saltwater following a large earthquake over the weekend that set off a Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Apr 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes
  • Netherlands

Europe’s Biggest Gas Field To Close Over Quake Risk

Europe’s biggest gas field–Groningen in the north of the Netherlands–has been pumping gas for more than half a century and supplies gas to 98 percent of the Dutch population. But Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Apr 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Spooked by Quakes, Oklahoma Toughens Fracking Rules

After swarms of earthquakes caused by hydraulic fracturing, Oklahoma has introduced tougher regulations than those used by any Canadian energy regulator. Last month the Oklahoma Corporation Commission ordered all drillers Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Mar 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Earthquakes

Spooked by Quakes, Oklahoma Toughens Fracking Rules

After swarms of earthquakes caused by hydraulic fracturing, Oklahoma has introduced tougher regulations than those used by any Canadian energy regulator. Last month the Oklahoma Corporation Commission ordered all drillers Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Mar 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Earthquakes

Oklahoma Bolsters Earthquake Protocol For Frackers

Oklahoma has witnessed a surge in earthquakes over the past decade. Regulators and scientists largely agree that the higher seismic activity is associated with the injection of wastewater from oil Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Mar 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Earthquakes

Shale-rich Oklahoma still facing seismic test

A minor tremor in Oklahoma highlights the state’s challenge to address seismicity in and around its shale basins. Map courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey. Feb. 28 (UPI) — Shale-rich Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Mar 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes
  • Mexico

At least 58 killed in massive earthquake off Mexico coast

Minutes before midnight, warning sirens blared across this earthquake-anxious capital. This, in itself, was not unusual. Temblors are common here, and in recent years Mexico City has held annual disaster Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Sep 2017 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Seismic events strike shale-rich Oklahoma for second day

 The U.S Geological Survey recorded a cluster of tremors early Friday in a part of Oklahoma on a watch list for activity related to shale oil and gas operations. Four Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Aug 2017 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Several earthquakes strike shale-rich Oklahoma

Eight earthquakes were recorded Thursday in Oklahoma, a state at the heart of the shale oil and natural gas industry, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The largest of the tremors Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Aug 2017 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Earthquakes

The Latest: Earthquakes rumble in central Oklahoma

The Latest on a series of earthquakes that struck central Oklahoma on Friday (all times local): 11:05 a.m. The U.S. Geological Survey says several earthquakes have struck north-central Oklahoma, including Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Jul 2017 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes
  • Netherlands

How Earthquakes Are Rattling a Dutch Province Atop One of the World’s Richest Gas Troves

For decades, the giant Groningen gas field beneath the flat, green farmland in the north of this country counted among the greatest prizes for Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Jun 2017 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Earthquake trends in Oklahoma and other states likely related to wastewater injection

U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Catalog According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the number of earthquakes east of the Rocky Mountains has increased dramatically since 2009. More earthquakes in these Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Jun 2017 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Oil-Rich Oklahoma Still at Highest Risk of Man-Made Earthquakes

The number of tremors afflicting oil-rich Oklahoma has fallen since regulators began cracking down on the injection of wastewater from oil and natural gas wells, but the state still faces Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Mar 2017 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Earthquakes

Federal 2017 quake forecast highlights Oklahoma, California

Federal scientists forecast that Oklahoma will continue to have the nation’s biggest man-made earthquake problem this year but it probably won’t be as shaky as recent years. In its annual Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Mar 2017 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Oklahoma town hit by quakes sues 27 energy companies

Residents of a town hit by Oklahoma’s strongest earthquake have filed a class-action lawsuit against dozens of energy companies, accusing them of triggering destructive temblors by injecting wastewater from oil Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Nov 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Nearly two dozen tremors recorded in Oklahoma in a week

Following a cluster of events near Oklahoma shale basins, data from the U.S. Geological Survey show nearly two dozen small tremors in the last week. A magnitude-2.5 event recorded midday Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Nov 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Why Oklahoma Can’t Turn Off Its Earthquakes

Even new fracking wastewater regulations can’t prevent the big ones. Damaged buildings from the earthquake in Cushing on Nov. 7. Sunday night’s 5.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Cushing, Okla., is Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Nov 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Magnitude 5 Quake Strikes Close to Largest U.S. Oil Storage Hub

A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Oklahoma on Sunday near the largest U.S. oil storage hub, prompting some pipeline companies to shut down operations at the site as a precaution. The Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Nov 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Why Oklahoma Can’t Turn Off Its Earthquakes

Sunday night’s 5.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Cushing, Okla., is the latest and, in some ways, the most troubling in a series of temblors that has rocked the Sooner State Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Nov 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Oklahoma Agency Plans to Shut Disposal Wells After Earthquake

Oklahoma’s oil and gas regulator plans to shut some disposal wells and reduce the volume of others as its initial response to Sunday’s earthquake near the oil hub of Cushing. Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Nov 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Magnitude 5.0 Earthquake Shakes Central Oklahoma.

A sharp earthquake centered near one of the world’s key oil hubs Sunday night triggered fears that the magnitude 5.0 temblor might have damaged key infrastructure in addition to causing Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Nov 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Early Los Angeles-area quakes linked with oil production

Several damaging Los Angeles-area earthquakes of the 1920s and 1930s, including the deadliest ever in Southern California, may have been induced by oil production during the region’s drilling boom of Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Nov 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Oklahoma ramps up energy response to earthquakes

Oklahoma regulators, working in coordination with federal authorities, closed down more wells in the state in response to an early September earthquake. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded six seismic events Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Sep 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Oklahoma quakes do nothing to alter federal stance on hydraulic fracturing – UPI.com

Federal policies and positions on hydraulic fracturing have not changed in response to a weekend earthquake in Oklahoma, a White House spokesman said. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a magnitude-3.5 tremor Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Sep 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Three tremors in 24 hours near Oklahoma shale country

 Three minor seismic events were recorded near the shale reserve areas in Oklahoma in the past 24 hours, data for the U.S. Geological Survey show. USGS data show the strongest Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Aug 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Oklahoma rocked by a week of seismic events

Shale-rich Oklahoma experienced more than a dozen seismic events in the five days ending Friday, data from the U.S. Geological Survey show. A magnitude-2.7 tremor was reported shortly after midnight Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Jul 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Link between U.S. oil drilling and rise in earthquakes

Stopping an earthquake before it starts? It sounds like a feat possible only for a superhero. But in Kansas and Oklahoma state policymakers are showing that insofar as humans are Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Jul 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Number of Oklahoma earthquakes down this year: state geologists

In recent weeks, the number of earthquakes felt in Oklahoma has decreased compared with this time last year, which might reflect measures state officials took earlier this year to severely Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Jul 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Oklahoma Quakes Decline Amid Curbs on Energy Industry’s Disposal Wells

The number of earthquakes in Oklahoma has fallen 25% in 2016 compared with a year earlier, a decline attributed in part to actions by state regulators to police the oil Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Jul 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Southern California Time Bomb: The Ground Surrounding The San Andreas Fault Is ‘Rising And Sinking’

If you reside on the west coast, you are living on borrowed time. As you will see below, stress has been building up along the San Andreas fault for more Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jun 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Oil-rich Oklahoma hit by 3.7 tremor

 A magnitude-3.7 earthquake hit central Oklahoma early Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported after several similar small tremors rocked the oil-rich state last week. The USGS recorded the tremor near Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Jun 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

In Oklahoma, $50 oil may test new quake regulations

Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, appearing to run out of space to contain a historic supply glut that has hammered prices, in Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Jun 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Four tremors recorded near Oklahoma shale

Four minor earthquakes were reported in and around the shale reserve basins in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours, the U.S. Geological Survey found. The USGS recorded three minor tremors, Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Jun 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Earthquake insurance latest concern in oil-rich Oklahoma

The state government in the shale state of Oklahoma said it was concerned about the lack of competition in the market for earthquake insurance. Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak called Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 May 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Oil and Gas Activities Behind Texas Earthquakes Since 1925, Scientists Conclude

If you’ve felt an earthquake in Texas at any point over the last four decades, odds are that quake wasn’t naturally occurring, but was caused by oil and gas industry Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 May 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

40 Volcanoes Are Erupting Right Now As The Crust Of The Earth Becomes Increasingly Unstable

Have you noticed that our planet has begun to shake, rattle and roll? Over the past few days we have seen major volcanic eruptions in Costa Rica and Indonesia, and Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 May 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes
  • Shale Oil

Fracking: Oklahoma’s New F-Word

Oklahoma Earthquake Damage Fracking in Oklahoma, as well as elsewhere, has been on the decline, thanks to the oil price slump. Quakes, however, are continuing at alarming rates. A CBC Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 May 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Pennsylvania probes possible link between quakes, fracking

Pennsylvania environmental regulators want to determine whether a series of minor earthquakes in the state this week were caused by nearby fracking operations by an oil and gas company. Five Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Apr 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

More than a dozen tremors hit Oklahoma

Oklahoma hit by more than a dozen small earthquakes in the last week as the state works to control wastewater disposal tied to the oil and gas industry. Map courtesy Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Apr 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Study: Fracking, Not Just Fracking Wastewater Injection, Causing Earthquakes in Western Canada

A groundbreaking study published today in Seismological Research Letters has demonstrated a link, for the first time, between hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) for oil and gas and earthquakes. Hydraulic Fracturing and Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Apr 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Earthquakes

Oklahoma’s governor defends earthquake response

Oklahoma’s governor defended the state response to the seismic activity attributed to oil and gas development against a federal report on the hazard. “Oklahoma remains committed to doing whatever is Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Mar 2016 Published By : Tom Whipple

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