Hydraulic Fracking
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Alberta Energy Regulator restricts fracking near Brazeau dam following earthquakeThe Alberta Energy Regulator is moving to restrict oilfield fracking activity near the Brazeau Reservoir in east central Alberta as a precaution following a 4.3 magnitude earthquake south of the area in March.EnvironmentMay 27, 2019
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AER orders Vesta Energy to stop fracking ops immediately after Sylvan Lake earthquakeThe Alberta Energy Regulator received a report from Vesta on March 4 at 6:20 a.m. that seismic activity with a magnitude of 4.32 was detected due to fracturing at the site.EnvironmentMar 5, 2019
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Fracking and the major role it plays in causing earthquakes in AlbertaOf the roughly 2,800 earthquakes recorded in Alberta over the past three decades, almost half of those have occurred on prairie land.EnvironmentMar 4, 2019
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Fracking moratorium a wedge issue for New Brunswick politiciansHydraulic fracking is one of the most divisive issues in New Brunswick and it now poses the risk of placing a wedge between all four political parties in the province's legislature.EnvironmentNov 21, 2018
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Development firm planning new wells if New Brunswick Tories lift fracking moratoriumCorridor Resources currently has 32 producing wells in the Sussex area and operates a 50 kilometre pipeline, a gathering system comprising 15 kilometres of pipe, and a natural gas processing facility.EnvironmentNov 19, 2018
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Study defines link between fracking, earthquakes in northern AlbertaScientists have figured out how hydraulic fracking causes earthquakes in northern Alberta, but they have a way to go before they can use that knowledge to predict if it will cause temblors in other areas.CanadaJan 18, 2018
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Nova Scotia fracking ban to remain despite gas potential, premier saysThe Nova Scotia Onshore Petroleum Atlas lists the economic potential of onshore natural gas resources to be between US$20-billion and US$60-billion.EnvironmentJan 11, 2018
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Fracking can cause low-intensity earthquakes months later: new studyResearch suggests hydraulic fracking can cause earthquakes in at least two ways - and one of them can cause tremors months after the activity stops.CanadaNov 17, 2016
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Fracking, not disposal, behind human-caused earthquakes in western Canada: studyNew research suggests that hydraulic fracking of oil and gas wells is behind human-caused earthquakes in western Canada.CanadaMar 29, 2016
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The mysterious connection between fracking and earthquakesA record-breaking earthquake this week in the middle of an Alberta oilfield heavily subject to hydraulic fracking is one of a growing number of such events across the continent, scientists say.CanadaJan 15, 2016
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