Earthquakes

Oklahoma Corporation Commission Orders 347 Disposal Wells to Prove Non-Contact with Basement Rock After Earthquake Surge

| Importance: 7/10

In April 2015, after years of earthquake increases that scientists conclusively linked to wastewater injection from oil and gas operations, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission finally issued directives requiring 92 operators of 347 Arbuckle formation disposal wells to prove their wells were not in …

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