It's not Fracking that Causes Earthquakes

[Anonymous]

It is the forcing of wastewater underground after a well has been fracked that causes minor earthquakes. It drives me crazy when the media says fracking causes earthquakes.

[RW]

You couldn't have put this in my fracking thread?



It's all part of the process called fracking is it not?

[Anonymous]

It is the forcing of wastewater underground after a well has been fracked that causes minor earthquakes. It drives me crazy when the media says fracking causes earthquakes.

I agree with RW, Herman, there was no need for a second thread about fracking.

[Frood]

Unless increased earthquakes are a gravitational aspect of the Sun and nothing to do with fracking.

[RW]

They are finding there are earthquakes happening during the "fracking" process - like 4.5 on the scale.  Frankly I don't give a damn during what part of the process causes them, it's concerning.

[the shark hunter]

They are finding there are earthquakes happening during the "fracking" process - like 4.5 on the scale.  Frankly I don't give a damn during what part of the process causes them, it's concerning.

... are these supposed quakes actually felt by anyone?  i'm not buying this story ...

[RW]

Yes, they are.



http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/technology/fracking-causes-earthquakes-studies-confirm-1.1209066">http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/technology/fra ... -1.1209066">http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/technology/fracking-causes-earthquakes-studies-confirm-1.1209066

[Anonymous]

They are finding there are earthquakes happening during the "fracking" process - like 4.5 on the scale.  Frankly I don't give a damn during what part of the process causes them, it's concerning.

I asked my husband about this and he told me this has nothing to do with fracking..



Perhaps the CBC is making the mistake of lumping everything in together under the label of fracking?

[RW]

Studies say there is a link between the process and earthquakes.  Read the article.



If injecting wastewater into cracked wells is causing it, it's still part of the process.  Splitting hairs isn't going to change that.

[Anonymous]

Studies say there is a link between the process and earthquakes.  Read the article.

But, what they are saying is the process, may be misleading...it's likely misleading..



Anyway, I get my information about what fracking is and does from my husband..



I don't work in or around it or anywhere near oilfield equipment, so my knowledge is very limited, just like yourself.

[J0E]

If fracking isn't causing earthquakes, then it may be sinkholes.



Already, the state of Louisiana is suing a company because they believe fracking has caused a sinkhole which is swallowing trees:



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[RW]

I don't understand how anyone can think fracking is a good idea.  Maybe one of you oil and gas shills can justify this process.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand how anyone can think fracking is a good idea.  Maybe one of you oil and gas shills can justify this process.

I am hardly a gas and oil shill or shill for anyone or anything..



It seems you may be putting a little too much trust in something you don't understand based on articles that may be inaccurate..



I don't know anything about what fracking is either, but I know not everything I read about it is entirely accurate..



My husband does know a lot about it, and he too says there is so much misinformation about it..



I trust his experience over a CBC study.

[RW]

I don't understand how anyone can think fracking is a good idea.  Maybe one of you oil and gas shills can justify this process.

I am hardly a gas and oil shill or shill for anyone or anything..



It seems you may be putting a little too much trust in something you don't understand based on articles that may be inaccurate..



I don't know anything about what fracking is either, but I know not everything I read about it is entirely accurate..



My husband does know a lot about it, and he too says there is so much misinformation about it..



I trust his experience over a CBC study.

It's not a CBC study.  It's more than one study being reported by CBC amoung other news agencies.  I'm waiting for someone to explain how it's "safe" in the face of all the reports.



You see, oil and gas companies have a reputation for being lying sacks of shit who have had their asses sued many times for poisoning not only the earth but people as well to the point where they've DIED. I'm sorry if I don't believe a fucking word they say!

[Anonymous]

Yes, they are.



http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/technology/fracking-causes-earthquakes-studies-confirm-1.1209066">http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/technology/fra ... -1.1209066">http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/technology/fracking-causes-earthquakes-studies-confirm-1.1209066

This link is funny and so was the movie Gasland. What fracking or well stimulation is like, is like asking what colour is a smartie. It is so different based on so many factors not the least of which is the formation itself. Not all of them flow high pressure waste water into the ground either. I am on a workover job now and we are land spreading. Frankly. drilling a water well is more dangerous than any different well stimulation method.