Confirmed: Fracking caused Ohio Earthquakes

[Riot]

Yikes. Wow.

Of course, I'm sure that some political party will try and remove these "job killing" "expensive" new regulations that are "crippling the gas industry".

A dozen earthquakes in northeastern Ohio were almost certainly induced by injection of gas-drilling wastewater into the earth, Ohio oil and gas regulators said Friday as they announced a series of tough new regulations for drillers.

Among the new regulations: Well operators must submit more comprehensive geological data when requesting a drill site, and the chemical makeup of all drilling wastewater must be tracked electronically.

– Future injection into Precambrian rock will be banned, and existing wells penetrating the formation will be plugged.

– State-of-the-art pressure and volume monitoring will be required, including automatic shut-off systems.

– Electronic tracking systems will be required that identify the makeup of all drilling wastewater fluids entering the state.

Much more at:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/0...es?via=siderec

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Originally Posted by Riot

Yikes. Wow.

Of course, I'm sure that some political party will try and remove these "job killing" "expensive" new regulations that are "crippling the gas industry".






Much more at:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/0...es?via=siderec

a dozen earthquakes? WOW!

How many dead?