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Texas Regulator Clears Oil And Gas Company Of Causing Quakes

September 18, 2015 rockman Comments Off on Texas Regulator Clears Oil And Gas Company Of Causing Quakes

The Texas Railroad Commission issued preliminary findings saying that the hydraulic fracturing wastewater injection well operated by an Exxon Mobil subsidiary was not to blame for earthquakes that shook Reno, Texas in 2013 and 2014. […]

Crew from Andarko Petroleum Corp. works on fracking a well
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An inside look at fracking a well

January 13, 2012 rockman 1

This article gives a nice, and balanced overview of the hydraulic fracturing or fracking process used to fracture rock and extract oil and gas from a formation that you could not produce from otherwise. 90 […]

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