Study Confirms Earthquakes In Ohio Were Triggered By Fracking

[ScienceRocks]

Study Confirms Earthquakes In Ohio Were Triggered By Fracking
January 6, 2015 | by Justine Alford
Study Confirms Earthquakes In Ohio Were Triggered By Fracking IFLScience

A new study, released by the Seismological Society of America on Monday, has confirmed that a series of small earthquakes experienced in Ohio were triggered by fracking activity. This seismic sequence, which took place in March 2014, comprised five recorded earthquakes, ranging from magnitude 2.1 to 3.0.

One of these events was a rare “felt” earthquake, meaning it was large enough to be felt by people in nearby towns, although it didn’t pose any risk and didn’t cause damage. Given the fact that the events took place within one kilometer (0.6 miles) of a group of oil and gas wells, state officials decided to halt operations two days after the 3.0 quake hit. Since then, scientists have been scouring through seismic data to determine whether the fracking activity was to blame, and the results have now been published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing as it is correctly termed, is a technique designed to extract natural gas and oil from shale rock layers deep within the Earth. It involves drilling deep into the Earth’s surface, reaching depths of one to two miles or more, before blasting the rock with a high-pressure water mixture. This opens up new cracks and channels in the rock from which trapped gas can escape up the well bore.

Fracking is causing quakes. The question that must be asked...is it worth it?

 

[Billy_Bob]

Study Confirms Earthquakes In Ohio Were Triggered By Fracking
January 6, 2015 | by Justine Alford
Study Confirms Earthquakes In Ohio Were Triggered By Fracking IFLScience

A new study, released by the Seismological Society of America on Monday, has confirmed that a series of small earthquakes experienced in Ohio were triggered by fracking activity. This seismic sequence, which took place in March 2014, comprised five recorded earthquakes, ranging from magnitude 2.1 to 3.0.

One of these events was a rare “felt” earthquake, meaning it was large enough to be felt by people in nearby towns, although it didn’t pose any risk and didn’t cause damage. Given the fact that the events took place within one kilometer (0.6 miles) of a group of oil and gas wells, state officials decided to halt operations two days after the 3.0 quake hit. Since then, scientists have been scouring through seismic data to determine whether the fracking activity was to blame, and the results have now been published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing as it is correctly termed, is a technique designed to extract natural gas and oil from shale rock layers deep within the Earth. It involves drilling deep into the Earth’s surface, reaching depths of one to two miles or more, before blasting the rock with a high-pressure water mixture. This opens up new cracks and channels in the rock from which trapped gas can escape up the well bore.

Fracking is causing quakes. The question that must be asked...is it worth it?

YES, it is!

Too Funny... "Correlation to fracking is possible" Now why is it scientist use this as flat determination as to cause yet plate tectonics over a much wider range show that this is a stress point central to the North American Plate Edge....

Correlations does not mean causation. potential factor? yes. But then why are there quakes in the Appalachian range along the plate edge? Are they to because of fracking or are they indicators of plate stress seen all around the edge?

Once Again Alarmists making accusations not supported by facts only loose supposition.

HO Hum.... same old crap..

 

[martybegan]

Study Confirms Earthquakes In Ohio Were Triggered By Fracking
January 6, 2015 | by Justine Alford
Study Confirms Earthquakes In Ohio Were Triggered By Fracking IFLScience

A new study, released by the Seismological Society of America on Monday, has confirmed that a series of small earthquakes experienced in Ohio were triggered by fracking activity. This seismic sequence, which took place in March 2014, comprised five recorded earthquakes, ranging from magnitude 2.1 to 3.0.

One of these events was a rare “felt” earthquake, meaning it was large enough to be felt by people in nearby towns, although it didn’t pose any risk and didn’t cause damage. Given the fact that the events took place within one kilometer (0.6 miles) of a group of oil and gas wells, state officials decided to halt operations two days after the 3.0 quake hit. Since then, scientists have been scouring through seismic data to determine whether the fracking activity was to blame, and the results have now been published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing as it is correctly termed, is a technique designed to extract natural gas and oil from shale rock layers deep within the Earth. It involves drilling deep into the Earth’s surface, reaching depths of one to two miles or more, before blasting the rock with a high-pressure water mixture. This opens up new cracks and channels in the rock from which trapped gas can escape up the well bore.

Fracking is causing quakes. The question that must be asked...is it worth it?

Every activity has risks. One can ask if shredded birds from windmills are worth it.

 

[Old Rocks]

Study Confirms Earthquakes In Ohio Were Triggered By Fracking
January 6, 2015 | by Justine Alford
Study Confirms Earthquakes In Ohio Were Triggered By Fracking IFLScience

A new study, released by the Seismological Society of America on Monday, has confirmed that a series of small earthquakes experienced in Ohio were triggered by fracking activity. This seismic sequence, which took place in March 2014, comprised five recorded earthquakes, ranging from magnitude 2.1 to 3.0.

One of these events was a rare “felt” earthquake, meaning it was large enough to be felt by people in nearby towns, although it didn’t pose any risk and didn’t cause damage. Given the fact that the events took place within one kilometer (0.6 miles) of a group of oil and gas wells, state officials decided to halt operations two days after the 3.0 quake hit. Since then, scientists have been scouring through seismic data to determine whether the fracking activity was to blame, and the results have now been published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing as it is correctly termed, is a technique designed to extract natural gas and oil from shale rock layers deep within the Earth. It involves drilling deep into the Earth’s surface, reaching depths of one to two miles or more, before blasting the rock with a high-pressure water mixture. This opens up new cracks and channels in the rock from which trapped gas can escape up the well bore.

Fracking is causing quakes. The question that must be asked...is it worth it?

YES, it is!

Too Funny... "Correlation to fracking is possible" Now why is it scientist use this as flat determination as to cause yet plate tectonics over a much wider range show that this is a stress point central to the North American Plate Edge....

Correlations does not mean causation. potential factor? yes. But then why are there quakes in the Appalachian range along the plate edge? Are they to because of fracking or are they indicators of plate stress seen all around the edge?

Once Again Alarmists making accusations not supported by facts only loose supposition.

HO Hum.... same old crap..

Same old crap from you, Billy Boob. Throwing around terms that you don't even begin to understand. Lubricating faults, which is what injecting the fluids into the ground under pressure does, allows those faults to move. Now in the area of the New Madrid fault, this may lead to some interesting results.

 

[Old Rocks]

Study Confirms Earthquakes In Ohio Were Triggered By Fracking
January 6, 2015 | by Justine Alford
Study Confirms Earthquakes In Ohio Were Triggered By Fracking IFLScience

A new study, released by the Seismological Society of America on Monday, has confirmed that a series of small earthquakes experienced in Ohio were triggered by fracking activity. This seismic sequence, which took place in March 2014, comprised five recorded earthquakes, ranging from magnitude 2.1 to 3.0.

One of these events was a rare “felt” earthquake, meaning it was large enough to be felt by people in nearby towns, although it didn’t pose any risk and didn’t cause damage. Given the fact that the events took place within one kilometer (0.6 miles) of a group of oil and gas wells, state officials decided to halt operations two days after the 3.0 quake hit. Since then, scientists have been scouring through seismic data to determine whether the fracking activity was to blame, and the results have now been published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing as it is correctly termed, is a technique designed to extract natural gas and oil from shale rock layers deep within the Earth. It involves drilling deep into the Earth’s surface, reaching depths of one to two miles or more, before blasting the rock with a high-pressure water mixture. This opens up new cracks and channels in the rock from which trapped gas can escape up the well bore.

Fracking is causing quakes. The question that must be asked...is it worth it?

Every activity has risks. One can ask if shredded birds from windmills are worth it.

Since the oil ponds in North Dakota are killing far more birds than all the windmills in the world put together, one might ask about that, also.

 

[martybegan]

Study Confirms Earthquakes In Ohio Were Triggered By Fracking
January 6, 2015 | by Justine Alford
Study Confirms Earthquakes In Ohio Were Triggered By Fracking IFLScience

A new study, released by the Seismological Society of America on Monday, has confirmed that a series of small earthquakes experienced in Ohio were triggered by fracking activity. This seismic sequence, which took place in March 2014, comprised five recorded earthquakes, ranging from magnitude 2.1 to 3.0.

One of these events was a rare “felt” earthquake, meaning it was large enough to be felt by people in nearby towns, although it didn’t pose any risk and didn’t cause damage. Given the fact that the events took place within one kilometer (0.6 miles) of a group of oil and gas wells, state officials decided to halt operations two days after the 3.0 quake hit. Since then, scientists have been scouring through seismic data to determine whether the fracking activity was to blame, and the results have now been published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing as it is correctly termed, is a technique designed to extract natural gas and oil from shale rock layers deep within the Earth. It involves drilling deep into the Earth’s surface, reaching depths of one to two miles or more, before blasting the rock with a high-pressure water mixture. This opens up new cracks and channels in the rock from which trapped gas can escape up the well bore.

Fracking is causing quakes. The question that must be asked...is it worth it?

Every activity has risks. One can ask if shredded birds from windmills are worth it.

Since the oil ponds in North Dakota are killing far more birds than all the windmills in the world put together, one might ask about that, also.

You have hard numbers for that, or just wishful thinking?

 

[Old Rocks]

http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/contaminants/papers/R6726C13.pdf

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) law enforcement special agents and environmental contaminants specialists conducted inspections of oil and gas production facilities and commercial oilfield wastewater disposal facilities from 2007 through 2010 within Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming to document risks and hazards to migratory birds. Service personnel recovered 1,405 bird carcasses from 205 oil and gas facilities during the three-year investigation (i.e. on average, 2.3 bird carcasses per facility per year). Approximately half of the bird carcasses (719) were recovered from dehydrator tanks at natural gas production facilities in Wyoming. We attributed the large number of carcass recovery from dehydrator tanks to the ease of detection and recovery of carcasses from these tanks compared to the larger reserve pits and production skim pits similarly inspected. Dehydrator tanks typically ranged from 4 to 6 feet in diameter and 3 to 5 feet in height. Investigators recovered 24 percent (333) of the bird carcasses from reserve pits between 2007 and 2010. An increase in drilling activity in Colorado, North Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming and associated increase in the number of reserve pits may account for the large amount of bird mortality in reserve pits. Reserve pits are not typically covered with netting to exclude birds and other wildlife. Ground-feeding songbirds and aquatic birds were the most common bird carcasses recovered from reserve pits, 76 percent and 69 percent, respectively. Ground-feeding songbirds and aquatic birds were the most frequent victims in oil and gas facilities, excluding dehydration tanks, comprising 48 and 47 percent, respectively, of all bird carcasses recovered from oil and gas facilities. Investigators also documented bird mortality in flare pits, emergency spill catchment pits, and open-topped tanks or small containers containing exposed oil or hydrocarbons. Ongoing wildlife mortality incidents necessitate implementation of best management practices by oil operators to prevent bird mortality and the continued inspections of these facilities by state and federal regulatory agencies to ensure compliance with applicable environmental and wildlife protection laws. Multiple inspections should be conducted throughout the year, especially between the spring and fall, to document most bird mortality in oil and gas facilities. Inspections should not be limited to production skim pits, reserve pits, and open-topped tanks but should include all hazards such as leaking valves, pipes, and wellheads. Detailed field notes by oil and gas facility inspectors should include the specific location and probable cause of the mortality incident (i.e. reserve pit, production skim pit, dehydration tank, open-topped tank, etc.). This data will serve to identify hazards encountered by migratory birds at oil and gas facilities and provide specific solutions and best management practices (BMPs) to minimize those hazards.

But this is oil!

 

[Old Rocks]

That is just the ones they found on inspection. Yes, Marty, I do usually have numbers.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Study Confirms Earthquakes In Ohio Were Triggered By Fracking
January 6, 2015 | by Justine Alford
Study Confirms Earthquakes In Ohio Were Triggered By Fracking IFLScience

A new study, released by the Seismological Society of America on Monday, has confirmed that a series of small earthquakes experienced in Ohio were triggered by fracking activity. This seismic sequence, which took place in March 2014, comprised five recorded earthquakes, ranging from magnitude 2.1 to 3.0.

One of these events was a rare “felt” earthquake, meaning it was large enough to be felt by people in nearby towns, although it didn’t pose any risk and didn’t cause damage. Given the fact that the events took place within one kilometer (0.6 miles) of a group of oil and gas wells, state officials decided to halt operations two days after the 3.0 quake hit. Since then, scientists have been scouring through seismic data to determine whether the fracking activity was to blame, and the results have now been published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing as it is correctly termed, is a technique designed to extract natural gas and oil from shale rock layers deep within the Earth. It involves drilling deep into the Earth’s surface, reaching depths of one to two miles or more, before blasting the rock with a high-pressure water mixture. This opens up new cracks and channels in the rock from which trapped gas can escape up the well bore.

Fracking is causing quakes. The question that must be asked...is it worth it?

YES, it is!

Too Funny... "Correlation to fracking is possible" Now why is it scientist use this as flat determination as to cause yet plate tectonics over a much wider range show that this is a stress point central to the North American Plate Edge....

Correlations does not mean causation. potential factor? yes. But then why are there quakes in the Appalachian range along the plate edge? Are they to because of fracking or are they indicators of plate stress seen all around the edge?

Once Again Alarmists making accusations not supported by facts only loose supposition.

HO Hum.... same old crap..

Same old crap from you, Billy Boob. Throwing around terms that you don't even begin to understand. Lubricating faults, which is what injecting the fluids into the ground under pressure does, allows those faults to move. Now in the area of the New Madrid fault, this may lead to some interesting results.

How much fluid is injected? Isn't it like a gnat trying to fuck an elephant?

Graber was widely optimistic about how stupid people really have to be in order to believe this crap

 

[CrusaderFrank]

So wait. It we want to plug up a fault, all we have to do it pour in some concrete, amiright?

 

[Old Rocks]

An Experiment in Earthquake Control at Rangely Colorado

An Experiment in Earthquake Control at Rangely, Colorado

1. C. B. Raleigh1,
2. J. H. Healy1,
3. J. D. Bredehoeft2

+Author Affiliations

Hmmmmmmmm..............

 

[Old Rocks]

Disposal of Hydrofracking Waste Fluid by Injection into Subsurface Aquifers Triggers Earthquake Swarm in Central Arkansas with Potential for Damaging Earthquake

Disposal of Hydrofracking Waste Fluid by Injection into Subsurface Aquifers Triggers Earthquake Swarm in Central Arkansas with Potential for Damaging Earthquake

Many more similiar articles from people studying this.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

In order to stabilize the faults we need to inject concrete.

 

[Billy_Bob]

So wait. It we want to plug up a fault, all we have to do it pour in some concrete, amiright?

The North American Craton edge is one massive fault.. and they think that fracking is doing this?

And guess what goes right through the study area... Never mind the whole craton edge has been very active for over 5 years. Even Yellowstone Caldera has been moving. If Yellowstone blows they will blame it on fracking not the fact that were over due by 60,000 years for another major event here.