After a series of earthquakes recently erupted near Oklahoma’s Arbuckle formation, state regulators have called for oil and gas operators to reduce well wastewater, affecting 23 disposal wells. A 4.0 magnitude and a few smaller magnitude earthquakes hit Carney, OK, earlier this month. The tremors led the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s (OCC) Oil and Gas Conservation…
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Latest Permian Quake Prompts Injection Well Revisions to Texas Seismic Response Plan
An oil and natural gas operator-led response plan in West Texas, which targets seismicity from produced water injection wells in the Permian Basin, has been revised following a 5.4 magnitude earthquake last month. The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) on Tuesday implemented several revisions to the seismicity reduction response plan in the Northern Culberson-Reeves Seismic…
December 14, 2022
Some Permian Disposal Well Permits Suspended by Texas RRC Following Quakes
The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) has suspended all disposal well permits to inject oil and gas waste into deep strata within a portion of the Permian Basin following a series of earthquakes. The action, taken earlier in December and in effect as of Friday (Dec. 31), applies to 33 deep disposal wells within the…
December 30, 2021
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