You searched for injection - FracTracker Alliance

New Search

If you are not happy with the results below please do another search

70 search results for: injection

Getting Rid of All of that Waste – Increasing Use of Oil and Gas Injection Wells in Pennsylvania

January 31, 2019/by Matt Kelso, BA

Oil and gas development generates a lot of liquid waste. Some of the waste comes that comes out of a well is from the geologic layer where the oil and gas resources are located. These extremely saline brines may be described as “natural,” but that does not make them safe, as they contain dangerous levels […]

Class II Injection Wells

September 11, 2017/by FracTracker Alliance

Oklahoma and Kansas Class II Injection Wells and Earthquakes

December 21, 2016/by Ted Auch, PhD

By Ted Auch, Great Lakes Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance In collaboration with Caleb Gallemore, Assistant Professor in International Affairs, Lafayette University The September 3rd magnitude 5.8 earthquake in Pawnee, Oklahoma, is the most violent example of induced seismicity, or “man-made” earthquakes, in U.S. history, causing Oklahoma governor Mary Fallin to declare a state of emergency. This was […]

OH Class II Injection Wells – Waste Disposal Trends and Images From Around Ohio

July 15, 2016/by Ted Auch, PhD

By Ted Auch, PhD – Great Lakes Program Coordinator The industrial practice of disposing of oil and gas drilling waste into Class II injection wells causes a lot of strife for people on both sides of the fracking debate. This process has exposed many “hidden [geologic] faults” across the US as a result of induced […]

OH Class II Injection Wells – Waste Disposal and Industry Water Demand

July 9, 2015/by Ted Auch, PhD

By Ted Auch, PhD – Great Lakes Program Coordinator Waste Trends in Ohio It has been nearly 2 years since last we looked at the injection well landscape in Ohio. Are existing disposals wells receiving just as much waste as before? Have new injection wells been added to the list of those permitted to receive oil […]

OH and WV Shale Gas Water Usage and Waste Injection

July 3, 2014/by Ted Auch, PhD

By Ted Auch, OH Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance Both Ohio and West Virginia citizens are concerned about the increasing shale exploration in their area and how it affects water quality. Those concerned about the drilling tend to focus on the large quantities of water required to hydraulically fracture – or “frack” – Utica and Marcellus […]

Class II Oil and Gas Wastewater Injection and Seismic Hazards in CA

March 15, 2014/by Kyle Ferrar, MPH

By Kyle Ferrar, CA Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance In collaboration with the environmental advocacy groups Earthworks, Center for Biological Diversity, and Clean Water Action, The FracTracker Alliance has completed a proximity analysis of the locations of California’s Class II oil and gas wastewater injection wells to “recently” active fault zones in California. The results of […]

Ohio Production and Injection Well Firms Map

February 6, 2014/by Ted Auch, PhD

Our latest Ohio-focused map shows the many companies involved in directional drilling in the state and the contact information for these firms. Layer Descriptions 1. UNIVERSAL WELL SERVICES Universal Well Services Inc. is a major firm involved in all manner of directional drilling services with an office in Wooster, OH, one in Allen, KY, six […]

OH Class II Injection Wells – 2012 Year-in-Review

August 15, 2013/by Ted Auch, PhD

By Ted Auch, PhD – OH Program Coordinator Ohio is currently home to 242 of what Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) calls “Active” Class II Injection wells capable of accepting hydraulic fracturing waste1. This is not an accurate reflection of the state’s entire Class II Injection well inventory, which includes 129 Enhanced Oil Recovery […]

East Palestine Train Derailment Waste: Community Impacts

April 3, 2023/by Ted Auch, PhD

As of March 10, 2023, 152,796 tons of liquid waste and 2,980 tons of solid waste have been removed from the site of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, to three injection wells and four hazardous waste disposal sites in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Texas.