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meadowlark5

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1. I didn't think it was the drilling itself but the fluids pumped into the cracks and fissures

Reply to madamesilverspurs (Original post)

Tue Apr 15, 2014, 06:38 PM

Apr 2014

That adds pressure in tight spaces and acts as a lubricant. I haven't read much about it lately but last time I did, that's what I understood. Sticking a drill into the ground doesn't cause it, it's the fluids pumped down into the rock.

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We are so screwed. Drilled. Whatever. [View all] madamesilverspurs Apr 2014 OP

I didn't think it was the drilling itself but the fluids pumped into the cracks and fissures meadowlark5 Apr 2014 #1

No doubt the respondant knows that. madamesilverspurs Apr 2014 #2