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What's happening inTexas? Over 60 earthquakes this past week alone
Posted on 8/15/24 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 8/15/24 at 1:16 pm
Thankfully, no injuries, but Texas has had some moderate earthquakes and aftershocks up to 5.0 which, depending upon where you are, can give you a sizable jolt. Most are in West Texas.
It must be all the liberal Californians that have migrated to the Lone Star State and have left us conservative Californians with far fewer quakes to deal with (we had only 6 quakes this past week, most about 3.6-4.0).
Oh, well. If you get nauseous or vertigo, all I can tell you is to hold on.
It must be all the liberal Californians that have migrated to the Lone Star State and have left us conservative Californians with far fewer quakes to deal with (we had only 6 quakes this past week, most about 3.6-4.0).
Oh, well. If you get nauseous or vertigo, all I can tell you is to hold on.
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Posted on 8/15/24 at 1:34 pm to JetDawg
It's Fracking we had them here for a few years but they changed how they do the fracking in Oklahoma and it stopped.
Posted on 8/15/24 at 1:34 pm to JetDawg
aftershocks happen. SC went through a period where we were getting a bunch of aftershocks. It's probably a non issue.
Though I will say I could see something happening in the western half of the country. I can't verify more activity because that isnt my field of study, but it feels like things are more active...or maybe just hte thing in yellowstone was worrying me
Though I will say I could see something happening in the western half of the country. I can't verify more activity because that isnt my field of study, but it feels like things are more active...or maybe just hte thing in yellowstone was worrying me
Posted on 8/15/24 at 1:51 pm to JetDawg
It's shale fracking. You pump in fluid to high pressure and create cracks in deep underground rock to force out the fuel deposits (oil and natural gas). Do that enough in the same area, and you get earthquakes and gas leaks.
Without fracking you'd get few earthquakes that far from a faultline.
Without fracking you'd get few earthquakes that far from a faultline.
This post was edited on 8/15/24 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 8/15/24 at 1:55 pm to chillmonster
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It's shale fracking. You pump in fluid to high pressure and create cracks in deep underground rock and to force out the fuel deposits (oil and natural gas). Do that enough in the same area, and you get earthquakes.
My brother says he sees that as a non-issue since he works for an oil company in Houston.
Posted on 8/15/24 at 1:56 pm to TrueLefty
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My brother says he sees that as a non-issue since he works for an oil company in Houston.
I used to have a bunch of O&G clients in Houston. When it's not under your house and that's how you feed your family it doesn't seem like much of a problem.
This post was edited on 8/15/24 at 1:57 pm
Posted on 8/15/24 at 1:58 pm to JetDawg
Who knew that drilling giant holes in the ground indiscriminately might come with some consequences. 
Posted on 8/15/24 at 2:12 pm to KennesawTiger
Drill baby, drill. Elections have consequences.
Posted on 8/15/24 at 2:33 pm to theballguy
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Drill baby, drill. Elections have consequences.
That’s one of the candidate’s answer to all our economic problems.
Posted on 8/15/24 at 2:41 pm to chillmonster
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It's shale fracking.
There will be many who will deny it but its been going on in New Mexico for several years. Texas regulations require 40 acres per well, New Mexico allows 4 per 40 acres. Neither applies to all wells, there are exceptions, but the density of pads in New Mexico is noticeably higher than Texas. There are massive sink holes all over the Permian in New Mexico directly attributable to fracking.
There is one under the intersection of US 62 and US 285 in Carlsbad that initially resulted from a rogue father and son team mining phosphate without a permit (actually with a permit but one that limited the area and amount of minerals removed, which they blew through without a care in the world). That in and of itself is a helluva story and about as "New Mexico True" (official slogan of the state's tourism department) as New Mexico True gets. This was a massive enough problem in and of itself...to the point that its against state law for school buses to travel through the intersection because it is not a matter of if it collapses but when. Not only was the material mined used in fracking, the fracking in the area is making the area less stable than it would be otherwise. The state has either started or finished "filling in" the mine but most experts agree the fix is temporary at best if not more damaging than doing nothing. The culprits, by the way, filed bankruptcy and have faced nary a financial hardship. New Mexico True....
Posted on 8/15/24 at 2:42 pm to JetDawg
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JetDawg
Did your mom move there recently?
Posted on 8/15/24 at 2:51 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
It’s not fracking directly. It’s the waste water disposal wells.
Posted on 8/15/24 at 2:56 pm to no user name
That’s NIL Godzilla awakening before our entrance into the SEC.
Posted on 8/15/24 at 4:10 pm to KennesawTiger
“knew that drilling giant holes”
It is a little different.. conventional exploration is drilling a hole and letting oil from reservoirs flow into it ( draining a buried beach)
Unconventional ( resource plays.. ) what you hear about more today.. is going down and drill modest holes but once on reservoir turn 90 degrees and go lateral for a few miles… but this rock is very very consolidated like cement and oil is “trapped in it” … you then pump water with a few slickening additives and generate lots and lots of microfractures like a shattered safety window… then the oil or gas bleeds out of the rock matrix into the micro fractures and the into the drilled hole..
So not a lot of rock or sediment removed..
The quakes are thought to be coming from the waste water that is produced from the operations.. it is pumped back down into deep formations that are more like the beach ( conventional reservoir)… water pumped in wrong can cause instability in these and also if they get into faults cause the faults to get less stable.. it can be like a pile of sand.. wet and stacked.. but move one grain at base and they all move.
The water can lubricate fsults or dissolve the cement of sone of the reservoirs
I over simplified…, lots of smart people working on this and trying to keeps things safe..
It is a little different.. conventional exploration is drilling a hole and letting oil from reservoirs flow into it ( draining a buried beach)
Unconventional ( resource plays.. ) what you hear about more today.. is going down and drill modest holes but once on reservoir turn 90 degrees and go lateral for a few miles… but this rock is very very consolidated like cement and oil is “trapped in it” … you then pump water with a few slickening additives and generate lots and lots of microfractures like a shattered safety window… then the oil or gas bleeds out of the rock matrix into the micro fractures and the into the drilled hole..
So not a lot of rock or sediment removed..
The quakes are thought to be coming from the waste water that is produced from the operations.. it is pumped back down into deep formations that are more like the beach ( conventional reservoir)… water pumped in wrong can cause instability in these and also if they get into faults cause the faults to get less stable.. it can be like a pile of sand.. wet and stacked.. but move one grain at base and they all move.
The water can lubricate fsults or dissolve the cement of sone of the reservoirs
I over simplified…, lots of smart people working on this and trying to keeps things safe..
Posted on 8/15/24 at 4:16 pm to JetDawg
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What's happening inTexas? Over 60 earthquakes this past week alone
Wife has been a bit horny.. Sorry about that..
I’ll try to tone it down.
Posted on 8/15/24 at 4:18 pm to Thecoz
And fyi.. when trump left office in 2020 us avg rig count was about 250…it was 950 in 2019. It is now around 600..
. oil companies drill based on economics ….
The decrease in 2020 was due to saudis flooding the market with oil and driving price down to put independents out of business.. oil needs to be at 50-60 dollars for resource plays to work.
. oil companies drill based on economics ….
The decrease in 2020 was due to saudis flooding the market with oil and driving price down to put independents out of business.. oil needs to be at 50-60 dollars for resource plays to work.
Posted on 8/15/24 at 4:18 pm to JetDawg
lol fracking ... such bs
The real reason is the 20+ million obese mexicans that recently got bused to Northern Mexico (texas)
The real reason is the 20+ million obese mexicans that recently got bused to Northern Mexico (texas)
Posted on 8/16/24 at 10:46 am to Clark14
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That’s one of the candidate’s answer to all our economic problems.
Not the only answer unlike Kamagla's which is to only price control everything.
Posted on 8/16/24 at 10:53 am to JetDawg
This seismic activity was triggered by the violent collisions on the Longhorn's practice fields
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Posted on 8/16/24 at 12:37 pm to GAT BoilerPickle Doc
I don’t think “violent” is part of the vocabulary at UTrans. Your defense is the opposite of violent.
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