Explaining the connection between Texas' recent earthquake swarm and oil and gas extraction techniques, particularly shale fracking and enhanced oil recovery EOR
On Monday, three earthquakes struck west Texas in a sparsely populated area, the latest among dozens to hit the state in less than two weeks. The earthquakes included a magnitude 4.9 temblor that tied for the eighth-strongest earthquake in the state’s history. West Texas has now recorded over 100 earthquakes in the space of just nine days, a highly unusual phenomenon for a state that sits on a part of the country that’s not very seismically active.
Crude oil production in U.S. oil fields frequently encompasses three distinct phases primary, secondary, and tertiary or enhanced recovery. During the primary recovery phase, gravity, the natural pressure of the reservoir and artificial lift techniques are used to drive oil into the wellbore. This initial phase typically recovers only about 10 percent of a reservoir's original oil in place OOIP.
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