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Posted Mon Jul 15 2013: from The Daily Climate:
Big temblors halfway across the globe can trigger smaller shakers in oil and gas fields pockmarked with waste injection wells, a study finds http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1373909234
Wells filled with waste injection fluids at oil and gas fields across the United States are at risk of small earthquakes triggered by larger temblors across the globe, according to a new study published Thursday. Waste injection wells are on the rise as domestic energy production soars and companies increasingly use water and chemicals to unlock natural gas from shale or force oil from wells, a process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. As oil and gas industries pump waste into sub-surface wells, the pressure can weaken nearby faults and leave them vulnerable to seismic waves passing by from other earthquakes -- even ones on the other side of the Earth, according to a new study published in the journal Science.
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