A dramatic increase in the rate of earthquakes in the central and eastern US since 2009 is associated with fluid injection wells used in oil and gas development, says a new study. A dramatic increase ...

SUBJECT:Pressurized Rescue Tool SystemsTOPIC:High-Pressure Injection InjuriesOBJECTIVE:Understand the safety concerns associated specifically with operating equipment utilizing pressurized ...

The first up-close look at artificially triggered tremors suggests seismicity caused by human activities starts slow before shaking things up. The finding could help scientists better understand, and ...

Researchers report a model for forecasting earthquake hazards in Oklahoma due to fluid injection. Over the past decade, the central and eastern United States have experienced an increased number of ...

In this civil engineering-focused article, Emily Newton discusses how high-tech improvements can influence fluid control and related areas, spotlighting the role of valves and other components ...

Earthquakes triggered by fluids injected deep underground, such as during the controversial practice of fracking, may be more common than previously thought, a new study suggests. Fluid injections ...

Geoscientists have found that shallow wastewater injection -- not deep wastewater injections -- can drive widespread deep earthquake activity in unconventional oil and gas production fields. In a ...

A seismology team led by Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas, finds that high volumes of wastewater injection combined with saltwater (brine) extraction from natural gas wells is the most ...

Safety first handwritten in white chalk with a yellow hard hat and red ear muffs in the fore ground. High-pressure hydraulic operations can pose dangers if proper safety precautions are not taken.

State leaders have ordered that four fluid-injection wells in eastern Ohio will be “indefinitely” prohibited from opening in the aftermath of heightened seismic activity in the area, an official said.