Abers and his colleagues dug up data on the rates and volumes of liquids associated with the wastewater injection sites. They then modeled the flow of the water and calculated the physical properties of the rocks into which the water was injected. In so doing the team determined that a relatively small number of wastewater injection sites used in oil drilling and fracking in Oklahoma may have the ability after all to induce relatively strong earthquakes a long distance away, throughout the state. Let me know if you can read this article. I have access, but not sure if it is public access. If not, Ill copy and paste it.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 01:11:02 +0000