Study: Fracking, Not Just Fracking Wastewater Injection, Causing Earthquakes in Western Canada

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<p>‘A gro breaki g st y p blishe to ay i Seismological Research Letters has emo strate a li k, for the first time, betwee hy ra lic fract ri g (“fracki g”) for oil a gas a earthq akes.</p>
<p>“Hy ra lic Fract ri g a Seismicity i the Wester Ca a a Se ime tary Basi ” co firms the horizo tal rilli g tech iq e (which i esse ce creates a ergro mi i-earthq ake to ope p fiss res for oil a gas extractio ) is respo sible for earthq akes, above a beyo what is alrea y ca o ize i the scie tific literat re. We alrea y k ew that i jecti g fracki g waste i to ergro wells ca ca se q akes. B t ow it’s ot j st the i jectio s wells, b t the fracki g proce re itself that ca be li ke to seismicity.</p>
<p>The st y foc ses o a area i Ca a a k ow as the Wester Ca a a Se ime tary Basi (WCSB), o e of Ca a a’s biggest shale basi s a tight oil a gas pro ci g regio s.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www. esmogblog.com/2016/03/29/st y-fracki g- ot-j st-fracki g-waste-i jectio -earthq akes" target="_bla k">Rea more: St y: Fracki g, Not J st Fracki g Wastewater I jectio , Ca si g Earthq akes i Wester Ca a a</a></p>