Robinesque Ruminations

reply to post by berkeleygal


That's good. I was thinking they were moving to Faulkner County.

The "crack", or line of earthquakes form a line 10 kilometers long. There are at so many fracking rigs I've located in the area, it's hard to count them all. There are over thirty within a 10 kilometer radius. Maybe more. Haven't got that far yet. Most are to the west and to the north, then running eastward from the northwest. There are frack wells within 1 kilometer of the quakes.

How on earth can geologists be saying that fracking is not responsible and point the finger at deep well injection?
It way well be a combination of them both.

Could they be using old frack wells for disposal?

They're disposing chemical weapons in Arkansas.
But where?

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My head hurts. I was just adding the new quakes in Arkansas to my google map. There is an obvious cluster. From that center of that cluster, if you draw a circle around them with a 10 km radius, you will find at least 30! drilling rigs. The last quake had a few rigs within a kilometer or two.

To find any answer, you math and then check the history. Then understand current social trends. Mash it all up in your head and you will have a picture. And a picture is worth a thousand words.

reply to post by Robin Marks


Quakes for the last 7 days from the USGS KMZ on Google Earth.


Fayetteville Gas Play Central map covering the Guy area.


The map legend
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The central map portion overlaid onto the Google Earth image.

reply to post by PuterMan


Thank you. Great job. There's even an injection well nearby. There are wells right beside the earthquakes.

Do you understand how the geologists can say that the quakes aren't caused by fracking?

You should have a look at the wells on Google Earth. They're easy to find. And some people have them in their backyards.

reply to post by Robin Marks

Do you understand how the geologists can say that the quakes aren't caused by fracking?

Yup!

They would be liable for many law suits if they admitted it!

reply to post by PuterMan


You are exactly right. When I read that geologists said that it wasn't from fracking I was in disbelief. The only thing they pointed to was the possibility that it may be from the disposal injection wells. Otherwise, they say it's probably regular faulting.

I guess I was just being naive. And it's not that I'm ignorant. I just want to delude myself and want people to always speak the truth. The reason they said that it wasn't from fracking is because there is no scientific documentation concluding that the process causes quakes. Given that the practise is only now starting in run full bore, there was little oppurtunity to conduct long term studies. This may be the first obvious event where a swarm has been initiated by fracking. So the geologists don't have anything to back up the accusation if they were brave enough to make it. But the question needs to be asked and then there needs to be investigation. I really do understand why they haven't blamed the gas companies. They can't.

And this is exactly why they've brought up the fact that it may be from disposal wells. That's documented. They still can't make the link until they do all the math. It would be a circumstantial case at best. Being that this is the reality, I am quite certain the officials and the company know what's happening. I guess that's why I'm saying it's so- because I can.

Tell me you see it. Tell me you think it's the biggest long-shot that it's all normal.

You've already done enough for me. But can you send me a link to the gas well map from Arkansas. And could you find a page that has gas production wells for Wyoming.

I've been cross referencing your map with my google map. I can locate most, but some don't seem to be where they should. Minor thing really.

reply to post by Robin Marks


I was going to load some more stuff but the media server appears to be down. I will try again tomorrow.

I have a 365 day plot of locations. Try to put it on the map but it is very difficult to fit!

The three Arkansas areas are here

I am trying to find something on Wyoming - seems most things Wyoming you have to pay for!

Fancy a little light reading?

All you ever needed to know about shale gas in the US

Modern Shale Gas: A Primer

116 pages of information from the US Department Of Energy.

Fracking 101 (A project still in progress)

reply to post by PuterMan


I need a well location map for Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania.
There's a swarm in Oklahoma as well. Lots of fracking. Running down a swarm in Pennsylvania.

Lots of connections.

I'm not the only one who is upset by fracking. I found a You Tube Video of a meeting of residents who are very, very angry. Watch and imagine this was happening in your backyard.

www.youtube.com...

reply to post by Robin Marks


Oh boy I so wish I had been at that meeting, I would have torn that guy to sheds!

Rarely are earthquakes not connected with orogenesis or volcanism yet this person attributes an intra-plate specific and VERY localised swarm to tectonic plate movement? Sheesh - let me at him!

reply to post by Robin Marks


I have a mass of stuff on Oklahoma which i will need to go through but these PDF files should point you in the right direction.

Oklahoma 2008 drilling highlights
Oklahoma 2009 drilling highlights

You will find various oil/gasfield maps at the Oklahoma Geological Survey.

Edit to add: Looks as if this - Pennsylvania Geological Survey may be what you want but I have not looked at it yet.

More editing:

See this page about brine problems www.dcnr.state.pa.us...

This paper was originally written in 1985 and submitted to the Pennsylvania Geological Survey for publication soon after. To our regret, a combination of circumstances at the Survey in the intervening years prevented it from being published. Now, in 2010, interest in the report has been renewed because of the brines and related problems being encountered in drilling and production of gas from the Marcellus shale.

Arrogant b's. Read between the lines - we did not think it was a problem so the report was rejected now it is a problem - and one of the writers has become a Professor Emeritus so we can't really ignore him.

Got it! Marcellus Drilling Permits (PDF)

reply to post by PuterMan


I'm glad you're following the trail with me. It gets lonely tracking down the big mysteries all by myself.

We have three swarms on our radar. Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. And the common link in all of them is they are in states with drilling and fluid injection disposal.

I'm busy today, but tonight when I get home I'll start digging again.

Did you watch all the videos from the Arkansas meeting? Click on the person's channel to find the rest.

Maybe you can check and see if the earthquakes in Arkansas fall on weekdays as opposed to weekends. Just curious.

reply to post by Robin Marks


Just added Marcellus drilling permits.

See above. I will take a look at the days later. Have to go dig the garden!

Eastern Gas Shales Project Dozens of very large PDF files.

reply to post by Robin Marks


Of the 715 quakes I looked at over a 365 day period there were 478 on a weekday and 236 at the weekend.

(715 / 7) * 2 = 204 so @236 quakes on weekends there were marginally more at weekends that during the week.

Having said that my feeling from the data is that more quakes were apparent starting on a Wednesday and running though into the weekend. I would need to go through manually to flag each day- but not tonight!

Can't write. Tank empty.

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reply to post by Robin Marks


Have a fill up!

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Actually the whole of this is very interesting and relevant to gas and shale.

San Francisco, four days before 1906 earthquakes a film was made from the front of a trolley car. You can see the water standing from heavy rains in the days before the big quake.

www.cbsnews.com...

There had been heavy rains in the months preceeding the quake,

"While weather patterns may not cause earthquakes, they may influence the amount of damage caused by an earthquake. Prior to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, several months of heavy rain had caused the ground beneath structures to become jelly-like, translating to greater shaking of buildings and more overall damage. The rains didn’t cause the earthquake, but they made its result more severe."


I say the rains did contribute. Part of the process. Heavy rains dissolve rock as they travel through aquifer. The gas migrates. Accumulates, and then pockets rupture. Dead fish.

arkansasmatters.com...