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Study - GLP was right! - unreported earthquakes caused by drilling
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[quote:teacup:MV8xOTQ5NTIzXzMyNjY5MzU0XzkyREU4QkJC] ahh but money is more important than safety. [/quote]
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Hydraulic fracturing may cause more earthquakes than previously thought, a new study of US gas drilling fields suggests.
A panel of seismic experts decided it was "highly probable" that the company's drilling was responsible for two quakes and 28 aftershocks in Blackpool
The "fracking" process involves injecting large volumes of water and chemicals underground to bring methane to the surface. It has long been associated with causing small underground tremors and occasionally with earthquakes that are noticed on the surface.
But the new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
found at least 59 minor quakes in the Barnett shale region in Texas, ranging from 1.4 to 2.5 in magnitude, that had not been reported to the US National Earthquake Information Centre.
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