A large swath of the Permian Basin in West Texas is “heaving and sinking,” likely the result of decades of oil and gas production, according to a geophysical team from Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas.
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Culprit in Texas Quakes Likely Wastewater Injection, Say Researchers
Researchers said an analysis of seismic activity within two geologic regions in Texas supports the assertion that a series of earthquakes that has struck the area since 2009 were caused by human activity, with injected wastewater from oil and gas drilling in the Barnett Shale possibly to blame.
November 29, 2017
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