Recent scholarship has highlighted the significant environmental impact of the rapidly
expanding hydraulic fracturing industry, which is projected to grow from USD 15.31 billion in …

The rate of seismicity in the hydrocarbon‐producing Fort Worth Basin of north‐central Texas,
which underlies the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area, increased markedly from 2008 …

The results of monitoring of carbon dioxide (CO 2) injection at the Illinois Basin—Decatur
Project (IBDP) and the companion Illinois Industrial Carbon Capture and Sequestration …

The ability to predict the magnitude of an earthquake caused by deep fluid injections is an
important factor for assessing the safety of the reservoir storage and the seismic hazard …

Earthquakes were induced in the Fort Worth Basin from 2008 through 2020 by increase in
pore pressure from injection of oilfield wastewater (SWD). In this region and elsewhere, a …

Unconventional oil and gas operations are on the rise, and they are an integral component
to meeting the nation's energy needs. Produced water is the primary by-product of oil and …

Abstract The 2008 Dallas‐Fort Worth Airport earthquakes mark the beginning of seismicity
rate changes linked to oil and gas operations in the central United States. We assess the …

Abstract The Barnett Shale in Texas experienced an increase in seismicity since 2008,
coinciding with high‐volume deep fluid injection. Despite the spatial proximity, the lack of a …

Ecologists addressed the effects of disturbances from the onset of the field by focusing on
ecesis, which is the process by which organisms migrate and establish under the …

Abstract On March 26, 2020, a M 5.0 earthquake occurred in the Delaware Basin, Texas,
near the border between Reeves and Culberson Counties. This was the third largest …