oklahoma fracking causing massive increase in quakes

[butters]

edit: the material first posted was relating to Texas and the Permian Basin, not Oklahoma, though it was mentioned in one of the Texas articles and was one of the additional windows i had open.

so here's some of the Oklahoma stuff:

Beginning in 2009, the frequency of earthquakes in the U.S. state of Oklahoma rapidly increased from an average of fewer than two 3.0+ magnitude earthquakes per year since 1978 to hundreds each year in the 2014–17 period.

https://www.caagesf.org/faq/often-a...d the rest are induced by wastewater disposal.

a lot more detail here about the abrupt rise in both frequency and (often) strength of quakes. Numbers rose from one or two a year (if that) to 109 in 2013 to a 50% increase Oct.'13 to May '14, to 567 (mag.3 at least) by end 2014, to the decreases seen in 2016-17 where waste-water sites were closed:

In March 2017, an updated seismic hazard forecast, which like the 2016 version included the risk from induced earthquakes, was released by the United States Geological Survey. The new forecast incorporated earthquakes that occurred in 2016.[59] In 2017 earthquake activity decreased dramatically compared to the previous years, with 294 magnitude 3.0 or greater earthquakes recorded in the state by mid-December. This was less than half the number of similar magnitude quakes recorded in 2016. A correlation between numerous waste water injection sites being closed or forced to reduce the volume of injection was reported by USGS geologists to have a direct link to the reduction in earthquakes.[60]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_earthquake_swarms_(2009–present)


Back to what I originally posted, which was about Texas but made the point that Oklahoma dragged its feet in facing what was causing the problem swarms.
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4,000 active wells have been drilled to cope with the five-fold increase of waste-water from fracking in the Permian Basin.

This region of the Permian Basin, from which 40 percent of US oil and 15 percent of its gas are extracted, experienced nine earthquakes greater than three-magnitude in 2019, 51 in 2020 and 176 in 2021, according to market intelligence firm Sourcenergy.

What causes earthquakes is not fracking itself, but injecting the wastewater into wells. The Railroad Commission of Texas, which regulates oil activities, has had to impose new rules on water disposal.

Drilling companies must deal with huge quantities of water that come up when fracking -- water makes up about 80 percent of the fluid pumped out of the ground.

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"In some of these spaces, you got these cracks or fault lines. You're pushing it harder and harder, and maybe you hit that fault line and maybe it makes it slip and that's an earthquake."
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"In Oklahoma, they basically kind of dragged their feet for years and denied that there was any problem" when earthquakes increased in the 2010s, Adler said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/tech...xas-is-forced-to-act/ar-AATD8QG?ocid=msedgntp

 

[butters]

That’s an unsettling pattern for a state that, until recently, wasn’t an earthquake state at all. Before 2008, Texans experienced just one or two perceptible earthquakes a year. But Texas now sees hundreds of yearly earthquakes of at least magnitude 2.5, the minimum humans can feel, and thousands of smaller ones.

The reason why is disconcerting: Seismologists say that one of the state’s biggest industries is upsetting a delicate balance deep underground. They blame the oil and gas business — and particularly a technique called wastewater injection — for waking up ancient fault lines, turning a historically stable region into a shaky one, and opening the door to larger earthquakes that Texas might not be ready for.

The state is finally trying to change that. In December, the Texas Railroad Commission — the state agency that regulates oil and gas operations and no longer has anything to do with railroads — suspended wastewater injection at 33 sites across a region where more than half a million people live. This is a notable turnaround for the Railroad Commission, which until recently did not acknowledge a link between oil and gas operations and earthquakes, and might be a sign of just how serious the earthquakes have gotten.

Historically, Texas has been seismically sleepy. Its fault lines have lain mostly dormant for eons. “At some point, Texas was a plate boundary,” Heather DeShon, chair of the Department of Earth Sciences at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, told Vox. “All those faults are still present. They’ve just been buried by 300 million years of sedimentation, the formation of the Gulf of Mexico, and building new mountains. So they’re very deep, but they’re still there.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-texas-became-an-earthquake-state/ar-AASYpj4

 

[pecksniff]

Hmmmm . . . Any way to do fracking operations in California?

 

[Lazaran]

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But is the Oil and Gas industry trying to cover up the cause of those earthquakes like they did when they hid what they knew about burning fossil fuels being a major contributor to climate change????

At least they have a chance to come clean in their testimony before congress.

*very interested nod*

 

[butters]

https://www.louthianlaw.com/silica-fracking/

this article addresses the identified issues of mining the type silica sand expressly needed for fracking; notably the health issues, specifically the disease Silicosis, known as 'new asbestos'.

OSHA issued a Hazard Alert for all workers exposed to silica during the fracking process, noting that breathing silica can cause a number of health problems:

Silicosis, a lung disease where trapped silica particles cause inflammation, scarring and breathing difficulties Lung cancer Tuberculosis Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Kidney disease Autoimmune diseases.
Other sources have linked silica dust to emphysema, bronchitis, anemia, hyperthyroidism, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, scleroderma, and heart problems.

Although silica exposure is a well-known danger for miners and construction workers, there is no federal air quality standard for silica outside the workplace, leaving residents near frac sand mines, processing operations and truck routes at risk, especially children, older adults and those who have respiratory diseases.

Six states — California, Minnesota, New Jersey, Texas, Vermont and New York — developed their own standards, but an analysis by the Environmental Working Group concluded that four of the six state guidelines were insufficient to protect children and other vulnerable segments of the population.

i came across this when looking up about the clusters of small earthquakes in s.Carolina, but they are linked to a man-made reservoir that has seen previous clusters since it was created and is due to water eroding rock and pressuring existing water in cracked rocks, so unrelated to fracking but resulting from a similar source, i.e water-pressure.

 

[butters]

Hmmmm . . . Any way to do fracking operations in California?

https://earthjustice.org/features/california-and-fracking
https://www.bing.com/search?q=frack...57j69i64.9230j0j1&pglt=43&FORM=ANNTA1&PC=U531

 

[Dribble]

Look...fracking isn't good for the Earth...but it has given us cheap natural gas and oil products. You can't have it both ways...people bitch every time gas goes over $3 a gallon. Keep it in Republican run states and let them deal with the negative issues

 

[butters]

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But is the Oil and Gas industry trying to cover up the cause of those earthquakes like they did when they hid what they knew about burning fossil fuels being a major contributor to climate change????

At least they have a chance to come clean in their testimony before congress.

*very interested nod*

i don't know

don't see how they can deny it, though, since 'the Texas Railroad Commission — the state agency that regulates oil and gas operations' has had to take action, closing down those 33 wastewater sites. It is a clear by-product of fracking, but no doubt there will be legal arguments that 'actual fracking doesn't cause quakes' and so limits their (oil&gas companies') responsibilities, placing it, instead, at the feet of the wastewater disposal companies...or something.

 

[BidudeinWi]

4,000 active wells have been drilled to cope with the five-fold increase of waste-water from fracking in the Permian Basin.https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/tech...xas-is-forced-to-act/ar-AATD8QG?ocid=msedgntp

You literally cannot prove that. More mis/disinformation from the LibFucks!

 

[bellisarius]

Why not in PA or OH? Even the Permian basin in TX and NM?

Opinion isn't science.

 

[phrodeau]

This news is not new.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/earthquake-shakes-swath-of-midwest-from-missouri-to-oklahoma-1472906357

Sept. 3, 2016 8:06 pm ET

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake rattled Oklahoma on Saturday, damaging buildings and tying for the strongest temblor ever recorded in the state, which has experienced a rash of earthquake activity in the past decade that U.S. seismologists have tied to the underground disposal of wastewater from oil and gas drilling.

Scientists have linked the increase in the rate of quakes in the region of Saturday’s temblor to the rise of the oil and gas industry, especially the injection of wastewater into the ground.

 

[pecksniff]

Why not in PA or OH? Even the Permian basin in TX and NM?

Opinion isn't science.

What are you suggesting? That there are not earthquakes in those places, therefore the earthquakes in Oklahoma have some cause other than fracking?

 

[butters]

What are you suggesting? That there are not earthquakes in those places, therefore the earthquakes in Oklahoma have some cause other than fracking?

what's the dipshit talking about? the initial post WAS all material relating to the Permian Basin, Texas.

 

[pecksniff]

what's the dipshit talking about? the initial post WAS all material relating to the Permian Basin, Texas.

Texas, Oklahoma, what's the difference.

 

[butters]

Texas, Oklahoma, what's the difference.

well i did fuck up i had multiple windows open about oklahoma, texas and south carolina, north georgia looking at the quakes and fracking activities going on and meant to post about oklahoma first but ended up posting about texas and forgetting to put oklahoma on the map. I've edited that OP.

 

[bellisarius]

TX earthquakes in history and probability.

https://536512-1714114-2-raikfcquaxqncofqfm.stackpathdns.com/images/upload/2021/09/Screen%20Shot%202021-09-29%20at%209.46.51%20PM.png

The only thing that's changed is the reporting and the premise. It's all bull shit.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

TX earthquakes in history and probability.

https://536512-1714114-2-raikfcquaxqncofqfm.stackpathdns.com/images/upload/2021/09/Screen%20Shot%202021-09-29%20at%209.46.51%20PM.png

The only thing that's changed is the reporting and the premise. It's all bull shit.

A: Argument by picture.



Q: What do you engage in when you do not possess
the intellectual capacity to formulate a cogent argument?

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go ahead, Ish.

cogently argue against the sage wisdom of your BFF on this board.

 

[butters]

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go ahead, Ish.

cogently argue against the sage wisdom of your BFF on this board.

disingenuous cunt also posted an image listing quakes of 4.5 or bigger, when the OP is addressing the huge increase in quakes around the 3.5 or less mark as well as the not so great yet still significant growth of recorded larger quakes. he doesn't fool anyone, lol. damnit, cat keeps typing and i have to keep editing out the extra characters

 

[Champakian]

The level of ignorance that you have acquired regarding Science is quite laudable.

I think that the next logical step would be for you to start practicing alchemy...



Maybe throw in some Harry Potter incantations while you're at it.

 

[Dribble]

disingenuous cunt also posted an image listing quakes of 4.5 or bigger, when the OP is addressing the huge increase in quakes around the 3.5 or less mark as well as the not so great yet still significant growth of recorded larger quakes. he doesn't fool anyone, lol. damnit, cat keeps typing and i have to keep editing out the extra characters

But look at the color....so pretty....