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US mid-continent seismicity linked to high-rate injection wells

Friday, June 19, 2015 0:45
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A dramatic increase in the rate of earthquakes in the central and eastern US since 2009 is associated with fluid injection wells used in oil and gas development, says a new study by the University of Colorado Boulder and the USGS.The number of earthquakes associated wit… Read more »



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