A new study aiming to provide a better understanding of how injection wells in the U.S. influence earthquake activity cites wastewater injection depth, not purely rate or volume, as a critical factor.

An unprecedented increase in earthquakes in the central and eastern US (CEUS) began in 2009. Many of these earthquakes have been documented as likely induced by wastewater injection. To better ...

Wastewater injection resulting from oil and gas production in Oklahoma caused a dramatic rise in seismic activity in the state between 2009 and 2015. But regulatory efforts to backfill some injection ...

Nearly a decade ago, a strange thing began to happen in Oklahoma and other regions of middle America: a drastic growth in the frequency and intensity of earthquakes. This so-called "induced seismicity ...

A dramatic increase in the rate of earthquakes in the central and eastern U.S. since 2009 is associated with fluid injection wells used in oil and gas development, says a new study by the University ...

Southern Methodist University seismologists recently revealed human-induced earthquakes in North Texas are not only caused by oil and gas operations but also have been occurring since the 1920s across ...

In its latest act to address concerns about induced earthquakes, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission has directed operators of an additional 211 wastewater injection wells to reduce their depths. The ...