2 Wastewater Disposal Wells Closing After Crescent Area Earthquakes
Posted:
July 28, 2015
CRESCENT, Oklahoma -
In
response to recent earthquakes in the Crescent, Oklahoma, area,
operators of oil and gas wastewater disposal wells closest to the
earthquake activity are taking new actions, including closing two
disposal wells.
According to
the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC,) after being contacted by the
Commission’s Oil and Gas Division, operators of two of the wells are
shutting down operations, while the third well farthest from the
activity will reduce its injected volume by 50 percent.
OCC officials said operators of the wells took the actions voluntarily. No directives were necessary.
On
Monday, multiple earthquakes rumbled in the Crescent, Oklahoma, area,
ranging from 4.0 to 4.5 in magnitude. At 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, another 3.1
magnitude earthquake was recorded three miles north, northeast of
Crescent.
News
9 spoke with a homeowner in Crescent, who said the 4.5-magnitude
earthquake that stuck there at about 1:10 p.m. Monday knocked pictures
from the walls and damaged other walls
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