
Human-Induced Earthquakes from Deep-Well Injection: A Brief Overview
A Brief Overview
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Published on 18. October 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-1-329-63019-2 (ISBN)
Description
The development of unconventional oil and natural gas resources using horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing has created new demand for wastewater disposal wells that inject waste fluids into deep geologic strata. Deep-well injection has long been the environmentally preferred method for managing produced brine and other wastewater associated with oil and gas production. However, an increasing concern in the United States is that injection of these fluids may be responsible for increasing rates of seismic activity. The number of earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater in the central and eastern United States has increased dramatically since about 2009 from an average of approximately 20 per year between 1970 and 2000 to over 100 per year in the period 2010-2013. Some of these earthquakes may be felt at the surface.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Morrisville
United States
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight
111 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-329-63019-2 (9781329630192)
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