I never felt the one last night. Of course I was at work..
Well said. The left can take any word, make it a dirty word, and a good number on our side will take the baitWhy do folks seem to think hydraulic frac’ing of wells is a new thing? Wells have been frac’ed in Oklahoma since the 50’s. The big change is horizontal drilling. These wells require much bigger fracs but still the same process. Water injection has been around since the industry began here as well. Does it play a role in earthquakes along fault lines? Perhaps.
But think about it it, when you are producing a well, you are removing fluids (oil, gas, water) from a producing zone and typically injecting the produced water back down into the ground in a non - producing zone (or perhaps the same zone). Simple material balance says there are changes taking place underground. Removing weight, pressure, and volume from the producing zone leaves open pore space in the rocks and reduces overburden pressure on everything below. Injecting it elsewhere, adds pressure and weight and causes expansion of pore space. This injected volume will take the “path of least resistance” and travel down any natural fractures in the rock that are there. Will/can movement take place causing small earthquakes? Likely.
Not thinking Oklahoma is going to quit producing wells anytime soon so I’m guessing these small earthquakes that are possibly caused by the industry will continue indefinitely.
Same as the earthquakes that occur “naturally” and have nothing to do w/ oil and gas.
Lol, yeah, there is that. Chuckle.The earth is only 6000 years old.
That is not the hockey stick graph. You sound like a bot sometimesOh, the ole hocky stick graph.
Lol, wutThat is not the hockey stick graph. You sound like a bot sometimes
In What post number did you post the IPCC mean temp “hockey stick” graph?Lol, wut
Why the hockey stick graph will always be climate science's icon
Two decades after it was first published, the chart linking carbon emissions and global warming is as relevant as ever, says Olive Heffernanwww.newscientist.com
The graph I posted is THE VERY hockey stick graph. How is that bot like? Lol, Im a lot of things, but Im definitely not bot like. Far from it.
Page 8, post #76........In What post number did you post the IPCC mean temp “hockey stick” graph?
Besides the link you just posted.
Middle of pg 2 if you have the long page setup.In What post number did you post the IPCC mean temp “hockey stick” graph?
Besides the link you just posted.
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