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Book & CD. The development of unconventional oil and natural
gas resources using horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing
(fracking) has created new demand for wastewater disposal wells
that inject waste fluids into deep geologic strata. An increasing
concern in the United States is that injection of these fluids may
be responsible for increasing rates of seismic activity. The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Underground Injection Control
(UIC) program regulates injection of fluids related to oil and gas
production as Class II injection wells for the protection of
underground sources of drinking water (USDWs). Because seismic
events from injection have the potential to cause endangerment of
underground sources of drinking water, the UIC program director
should be aware of that potential and be prepared with response
options should seismic events become a concern. This purpose of
this book is to discuss the relationship between deep-well
injections and induced seismicity.
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