Thursday, December 22, 2016

Oil and gas wastewater injection well maps show their earthquake threats

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New Oklahoma state rules issued yesterday fail to increase public transparencyToday FracTracker Alliance released interactive maps of Oklahoma and Kansas showing the location and volume of all active oil and gas Class II Salt Water Disposal (SWD) wastewater injection wells in the states, and their proximity to geologic faults and earthquakes. Publicly available interactive regional maps of these wells/volumes in proximity to faults and quakes are unprecedented.Together with a Lafayette College researcher, ...

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