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Texas Regulator Clears Oil And Gas Company Of Causing Quakes

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Date: 2015-09-18 06:54:37
Blog: GeoPrac.net
URL: http://www.geoprac.net/geonews-mainmenu-63/41-miscellaneous/1654-texas-regulator-clears-oil-and-gas-company-of-causing-quakes

Summary:

The Texas Railroad Commission issued preliminary findings saying that the hydraulic fracturing wastewater injection well operated by an Exxon Mobil subsidiary was not to blame for earthquakes that shook Reno, Texas in 2013 and 2014. From the Manufacturing.net article:Commission investigators concluded that a well where Exxon Mobil subsidiary XTO Energy pumps millions of gallons of the wastewater likely didn't cause the quakes, but also said there wasn't enough evidence to demonstrate the earthquakes were naturally occurring. Parties have 15 days to respond. [Source: Manufacturing.net via AEG Insider. Image: Larry MacDougal/Canadian Press via AP Images via Manufacturing.net]

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Stratigraphic context:

Recognized stratigraphic terms [n]:Canadian [1]
Agenames chronostratigraphy [rating]:Lower Ordovician [0.5]
Ordovician [0.5]
Paleozoic [0.5]
Phanerozoic [0.5]
Tremadocian [0.1]

Geographic context:

LocationCountryLatitudeLongitude
CanadaCA56.9547-98.309
RenoUS33.6633-95.4615
TexasUS31.1689-100.077

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