After Spate of Earthquakes, Oklahoma Oil Regulator Slashes Disposal Well...
Oklahoma oil and gas authorities on Monday ordered the operators of 23 disposal wells in two counties to reduce the amount of wastewater pumped underground. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s...
View ArticleRegulation Accelerates as Officials Move from Hesitation to ‘Direct...
In the five years since earthquakes first began blitzing Oklahoma, state officials have been hesitant to agree with scientists who blamed the oil and gas industry. While the shaking doesn’t appear to...
View ArticleOil Industry-Linked Earthquakes Could Rattle Economy, Credit Agency Says
A boom of earthquakes linked to oil and gas production “has and will continue to have sharp economic consequences” in Oklahoma and other states experiencing man-made seismicity, Standard and Poor’s...
View ArticleOn the Road With the Oil-Field Authorities Trying to Stop Oklahoma’s Earthquakes
While the research connecting Oklahoma’s earthquake surge to oil and gas activity is built on algorithms, statistical analysis and computer models of fluid flow and seismic energy, monitoring...
View ArticleOil Regulators Shut Down Two Disposal Wells After Earthquakes Near Cushing
State oil and gas authorities on Friday limited activity at five disposal wells after a string of earthquakes recorded near the city of Cushing. A wave of small quakes has struck near the city in...
View ArticleGroup of Energy Officials and Researchers Releases Report Guiding States on...
A group of state energy officials, researchers and industry experts issued a report Monday offering guidance on how to handle earthquakes triggered by oil and gas activity. The 148-page report from...
View ArticleTulsa Oil Company First to Challenge State Regulators Over Earthquake Actions
Marjo Operating Co. Inc. is the first oil and gas operator to challenge regulatory actions issued by state regulators attempting to curb an ongoing surge of earthquakes linked to the industry. In a...
View ArticleState Regulators Expand Limits on Wells as Earthquakes Shake Near U.S. Oil Hub
State oil and gas regulators on Friday expanded limits on disposal wells near Cushing, Oklahoma. The shutdowns and volume limits come amid renewed worry about earthquake activity near one of the...
View ArticleNew Study on Historical Shaking Suggests a Century of Oil and Gas Earthquakes...
An upsurge of earthquakes linked to the oil and gas industry continues to rattle Oklahoma, but new research suggests most of the significant earthquakes recorded in the state over the last century also...
View ArticleU.S. Oil Hub in Oklahoma on Alert as National Security Officials Warn of...
Oklahoma’s boom in man-made earthquakes has become a national security threat. It’s easy to understand why. The ground is shaking near Cushing, Oklahoma, home to the largest commercial crude oil...
View ArticleEnvironmental Groups Threaten Energy Companies With Lawsuit Over Earthquakes
Public Justice and the Oklahoma Chapter of the Sierra Club argue some of the pumping — known as injection — is illegal under the U.S. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act because it may endanger the...
View ArticleOklahoma Oil Regulator Issues New Restrictions After Earthquakes — UPDATED
Oklahoma Corporation Commission issues new oil-field restrictions after earthquakes near Cherokee and Carmen.
View ArticleOil Company Makes New Quake Plans After Shaking Near U.S. Storage Hub in...
Phillips 66, a refiner with 700,000 barrels of storage capacity in Cushing, Okla., “has overhauled how it plans for earthquakes, a sign U.S. energy companies are starting to react to rising seismicity...
View ArticleA Popular, But Poorly Understood Oklahoma Rock Layer is Keeping Earthquake...
Researchers studying Oklahoma’s energy industry-linked earthquake surge and state regulators eager to quell the shaking have circled the wagons around a specific class of wells companies fill with...
View ArticleStrong Quake Near OKC Wakes Residents, Shakes Regulators and Lawmakers
A strong earthquake that woke scores of residents in the Oklahoma City area before dawn Tuesday is shaking regulators and state lawmakers.
View ArticleState Readying Legal Challenge to Oil Company Refusing to Shut Down Wells...
State oil and gas authorities are finalizing legal action to force a “financially strapped” Oklahoma energy company to abandon disposal wells suspected of contributing to earthquakes. Sandridge Energy...
View ArticleScientists Urge Preparation and Politicians Rally Response As ‘Unprecedented’...
A string of widely felt earthquakes is rattling residents and seismologists, who are warning that parts of Oklahoma could be primed for more severe shaking. More than 5,700 earthquakes shook the state...
View ArticleGov. Fallin Taps Emergency Account to Fund Resarch and Regulation of...
The money is going to a pair of agencies tasked with researching the earthquake surge and regulating the oil and gas activities likely causing it. The multi-agency effort to rein in Oklahoma’s...
View ArticleHouse Approves Bill Clarifying Oil Regulator’s Authority to Act on...
The Oklahoma House on Monday voted to approve legislation clarifying and confirming the authority of state oil and gas regulators to take actions designed to stop industry-linked earthquakes. The...
View ArticleOklahoma Has Highest Potential for Earthquakes, New USGS Forecast Shows
The U.S. Geological Survey on Monday released for the first time maps that forecast regions that could experience damage from human-triggered earthquakes. Oklahoma has the highest risk for potential...
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