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<blockquote data-quote="carlstretch" data-source="post: 2589057" data-attributes="member: 19692"><p>I am a geologist and anyone with a scientific mind will say that the odds of oil & gas production (fracking, salt water disposal, waterflood fields, etc) being the cause of the earthquakes are very small. Like the poster said above,.. earthquakes are not new to this region. On the other hand,.. oil and gas production IS VERY NEW in respect to the time that earthquakes have been occurring. Evidence of earthquakes goes back billions of years,... modern oil and gas production goes back to the early 1900's. Also, earthquakes are not specifically occurring in oil & gas producing areas. For example,... the Permian Basin where I work properties has zero earthquakes and is one of if not the largest areas that use fracking, water disposal and water injection methods. If any oil & gas area is going to have earthquakes due to fracking or injection,... there wouldn't be a home or building standing from Hobbes, NM all the way to Big Spring, TX. </p><p></p><p>On the other hand,.. anyone with a scientific mind also cannot say that these methods are not the cause of earthquakes only because we cannot measure the fluid movement or fracture growth (other than near wellbore fractures) in the subsurface. </p><p></p><p>I personally do not think fracking or injection have anything to do with the recent string of stronger earthquakes. I would hope that anyone looking at all the evidence would have a similar conclusion. In my mind,.. this is another case of humans thinking they are more important and significant than they really are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="carlstretch, post: 2589057, member: 19692"] I am a geologist and anyone with a scientific mind will say that the odds of oil & gas production (fracking, salt water disposal, waterflood fields, etc) being the cause of the earthquakes are very small. Like the poster said above,.. earthquakes are not new to this region. On the other hand,.. oil and gas production IS VERY NEW in respect to the time that earthquakes have been occurring. Evidence of earthquakes goes back billions of years,... modern oil and gas production goes back to the early 1900's. Also, earthquakes are not specifically occurring in oil & gas producing areas. For example,... the Permian Basin where I work properties has zero earthquakes and is one of if not the largest areas that use fracking, water disposal and water injection methods. If any oil & gas area is going to have earthquakes due to fracking or injection,... there wouldn't be a home or building standing from Hobbes, NM all the way to Big Spring, TX. On the other hand,.. anyone with a scientific mind also cannot say that these methods are not the cause of earthquakes only because we cannot measure the fluid movement or fracture growth (other than near wellbore fractures) in the subsurface. I personally do not think fracking or injection have anything to do with the recent string of stronger earthquakes. I would hope that anyone looking at all the evidence would have a similar conclusion. In my mind,.. this is another case of humans thinking they are more important and significant than they really are. [/QUOTE]
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