Texas Earthquakes Prompt New Fracking Rules

Earthquakes are causing a costly new setback for frackers in America’s hottest oil field. Shale companies in West Texas will have to pay more to transport millions of barrels of wastewater that rises from oil wells and, when deposited underground, can aggravate tectonic fault lines. Following a recent spate of earthquakes, state regulators ordered companies… Continue reading Texas Earthquakes Prompt New Fracking Rules