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Damaging earthquakes that rocked West Texas in recent days were likely caused by oil and gas activity in an area that has weathered tremors for decades, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A ...

The U.S. Geological Survey says a series of earthquakes have been hitting West Texas and it’s highly likely they are being caused by oil and gas activity. A sequence that began in 2021 erupted ...

Fresh quakes damage West Texas area with history of tremors linked to oil and gas industry. By Dorany Pineda, Associated Press July 29, 2024. An injection well site is seen outside Odessa.

Oil and gas companies are increasingly reusing “produced water” as West Texas aquifers are being depleted and the practice of injecting wastewater into disposal wells triggers more earthquakes.

For now, hydraulic fracturing in arid West Texas uses large amounts of fresh aquifer water to crack open subterranean shales, unleashing a mixture of oil, gas and fossil brine 10 times as salty as ...

Fresh quakes damage West Texas area with long history of tremors caused by oil and gas industry . July 29, 2024 at 12:51 pm Updated July 29, 2024 at 1:47 pm . By . Dorany Pineda.

Damaging earthquakes that rocked West Texas in recent days were likely caused by oil and gas activity in an area that has weathered tremors for decades, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A ...