JM News UK

Seismologists are investigating whether a swarm of earthquakes in Texas is the result of new fracking for oil and gas. The area around the city of Irving, which had never experienced a quake before 2008, has now experienced more than a hundred. Locals suspect that hydraulic fracturing - pumping high pressure liquid into the bedrock to free oil and natural gas - or the associated process of wastewater injection is to blame. With similar quake concerns in other fracking centres like Oklahoma, plenty of potential sites will be watching the Texas study closely.