The Oklahoma House of Representatives will conduct an interim legislative study this fall to examine the relationship between oil and gas activity, specifically fracking and wastewater injection wells, and the increasing number of earthquakes in Oklahoma. The study was requested by State Representative Cory Williams and will combine his request with another proposal to study data from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission on injection wells. The study comes in response to a significant increase in earthquakes in Oklahoma in recent years, with over 200 already occurring in 2014, which some seismologists and government agencies believe may be linked to oil and gas wastewater disposal practices.
The Oklahoma House of Representatives will conduct an interim legislative study this fall to examine the relationship between oil and gas activity, specifically fracking and wastewater injection wells, and the increasing number of earthquakes in Oklahoma. The study was requested by State Representative Cory Williams and will combine his request with another proposal to study data from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission on injection wells. The study comes in response to a significant increase in earthquakes in Oklahoma in recent years, with over 200 already occurring in 2014, which some seismologists and government agencies believe may be linked to oil and gas wastewater disposal practices.
The Oklahoma House of Representatives will conduct an interim legislative study this fall to examine the relationship between oil and gas activity, specifically fracking and wastewater injection wells, and the increasing number of earthquakes in Oklahoma. The study was requested by State Representative Cory Williams and will combine his request with another proposal to study data from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission on injection wells. The study comes in response to a significant increase in earthquakes in Oklahoma in recent years, with over 200 already occurring in 2014, which some seismologists and government agencies believe may be linked to oil and gas wastewater disposal practices.
Caucus The question of whether oil- field fracking and wastewater injection wells are causing or contributing to the spate of earth- quakes making Oklahoma shake, rattle and roll will be addressed in an interim legislative study this fall, state Rep. Cory Williams said Thursday. Williams request for an inter- im study on the probable subter- ranean effects of oilfield activity will be combined with another legislators proposal for a study of Oklahoma Corporation Commission injection well data monitoring. House Speaker Jeff Hickman approved both requests and assigned the consolidated study to the House Committee on Utility and Environmental Regulation. Interim studies can begin on Aug. 5 and must be completed by Nov. 12, Hickman decreed recently. We have been having a swarm of earthquakes in our area, and Im fielding a lot of inquiries from constituents who want to know what, if anything, the State of Oklahoma is doing about, said Williams, D-Stillwater. By 5 p.m. Tuesday, the Oklahoma Geological Survey had logged 20 earthquakes in the Stillwater area during the preced- ing 30 days, and 209 tremors in the surrounding area this year or more than one per day, on average. The OGS counted all temblors recorded in an area extending 12 miles east and west of Stillwater, and eight miles north and south of the Payne County community, including Glencoe and Ripley, according to Amberlee Darold, a research seismologist with the Oklahoma Geological Survey. Payne County has 40 injection wells and 260 active oil and gas wells, Corporation Commission records reflect. Oklahoma has experienced nearly 250 small-to-medium earthquakes since January, the U.S. Geological Survey reported this week. Thats almost half of all magnitude-3 or higher earth- quakes recorded this year in the continental U.S. Austin Holland, a research seismologist with the OGS, said Oklahoma is experiencing unprecedented earthquake activi- ty, and said his agency is moni- toring the activity to determine whether the earthquakes are a natural phenomenon or are man- made. No deaths or injuries have been reported, but varying degrees of property damage have been blamed on the quakes. The OGS counted 2,270 earthquakes in Oklahoma as of June 6; eight of those ranged in magnitude from 4.0 to 4.5 and all occurred in Logan County. In comparison, 2,848 earthquakes were recorded in Oklahoma in all of 2013, 980 in 2012, 1,470 in 2011, and 1,047 in 2010. The USGS statistically ana- lyzed the recent earthquake rate changes and found that they do not seem to be due to typical, ran- dom fluctuations in natural seis- micity rates. The agencys analysis suggests that a likely contributing factor to the increase in earthquakes is wastewater injected into deep geological for- mations. Seismologists also contend that hydraulic fracturing fracking, which entails blasting water, sand and chemicals deep into underground rock formations to liberate trapped oil and gas can cause microquakes that are rarely strong enough to register on monitoring equipment. To more accurately determine the locations and magnitudes of earthquakes in the Sooner State, the OGS has increased the num- ber of monitoring stations and now operates a seismograph net- work of 15 permanent and 17 temporary stations. One point of contention is whether some injection well operators are pumping too much wastewater into the ground, or pumping it at exceedingly high pressures. The Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association reports that water emerges from the well- bore, along with oil and natural gas, in some areas. Such wells typically produce 10 times as much water as hydrocarbons, the OIPA claims. Regulators said Oklahoma producers injected more than a billion gallons of oilfield waste- water underground in 2012. and maintenance on the citys storm warning sirens from July 2014 through June 30, 2015 with total cost of $6,720.00. We will make sure they are updated and kept in good operating condition. We check the batteries and test. The city tests too and if there are any failures we fix. I believe there are 14-or-15 storm sirens, said Matt Baine of Total Radio Inc., of Tulsa. Total Radio was formerly a Motorola company owned service center. The Tulsa branch was purchased in May of 1995. Total Radio is an authorized Motorola dealer and service center. The compa- ny specializes in services for commercial, military, industri- al and public service sectors. The second contract on the agenda was with Arledge and Associates, P.C. in amount of $26,000 for services rendered for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014. The next contract was for the Phase 8 Street Improvement with Cherokee Pride Construction, Inc. for the amount of $1,323.55 with the close-out documents. The fourth agreement was inked with SHOW, Inc. for landscaping on the front and side flower beds at Sapulpa City Hall through June 30, 2015. The final contract is a licensing agreement with Jerry Lockridge a property owner who wants to build a fence. I have been there. There should be no reason to ever build a road through. We agreed that he can build the fence If we need it in the future, we can tear it (the fence) down and Lockridge will have to build gates to let city workers through and pro- vide us a key, said City Attorney David Widdoes. The next council meeting is set for August 4. 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