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icymist

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8. Also found this article out of Columbus/ they found a new fault line?

Reply to garybeck (Original post)

Mon Jan 2, 2012, 12:07 AM

Jan 2012

State links northeast Ohio quakes to injection wells

The Kasich administration has put a temporary stop to the disposal of waste from oil and natural-gas drilling in wells within a 5-mile radius of a particular Youngstown well — a well believed to be the cause of 11 earthquakes since March, including a 4.0 quake that struck around 3 p.m. yesterday.

Officials from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources think that waste pumped into the Youngstown-area well, referred to as Northstar No. 1, has been seeping into a previously unknown fault line in eastern Ohio, causing the seismic activity. The moratorium, issued yesterday by Jim Zehringer, the Natural Resources Department’s director, affects four other injection wells.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/12/31/new-quakes.html

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Ohio official admits possible link between fracking and earthquakes; bans disposal injection [View all] garybeck Jan 2012 OP

Really! FarPoint Jan 2012 #1

It will have little efect on Kasich and his oil cronies plans to'drill in stste parks liberal N proud Jan 2012 #9

Kasich and Walker..... FarPoint Jan 2012 #17

So they are closing the disposal wells but DURHAM D Jan 2012 #2

I think they still have another 177 injection wells open for business. limpyhobbler Jan 2012 #6

Wow - what an interesting article. DURHAM D Jan 2012 #13

I'm guessing there are going to be alot more wells opening up. limpyhobbler Jan 2012 #15

can you explain the difference? garybeck Jan 2012 #7

Someone else could probably do it better. DURHAM D Jan 2012 #10

Logically speaking, the fracking would cause earthquakes, not unpressurized waste material garybeck Jan 2012 #12

I just read the article posted above. DURHAM D Jan 2012 #14

Fracking involves hydraulic pressure to break up shale formations and release trapped resources Major Nikon Jan 2012 #18

thx 4 the link. Looks like they did not ban fracking, just disposal injection, and only at 4 sites. limpyhobbler Jan 2012 #3

you're right.... garybeck Jan 2012 #5

Here is an article from the Youngstown, Ohio newspaper: icymist Jan 2012 #4

I forgot where I saw this but Shankapotomus Jan 2012 #19

Also found this article out of Columbus/ they found a new fault line? icymist Jan 2012 #8

And it's actually even called "fracking." We're living in a satirical cartoon. DirkGently Jan 2012 #11

The f'ing repukes in this state won't be happy Doremus Jan 2012 #16

"Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director James Zehringer" greiner3 Jan 2012 #20