HOUSTON – When the Texas legislature starts its new session next month, lawmakers will be taking a close look at the state’s booming oil and gas industry. Some believe the industry has grown far faster than the state’s ability to regulate it.
Looking for Trouble: Will Lawmakers Beef Up Drilling Inspections?
December 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
As Disposal Wells Age, The Risk of Stronger Quakes Grows
December 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
AUSTIN – There’s already a general scientific consensus that the disposal wells used to store waste deep underground from drilling and hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) can cause earthquakes. But researchers are going into a little more detail about the relationship between quakes and wells at this week’s meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
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