Study Links Permian Blowouts With Wastewater Injection

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Fluids traveled 12 miles underground before reaching an abandoned oil well and shooting to the surface. It’s the first scientific proof of a phenomenon local landowners have long warned was occurring.

By Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News, and Carlos Nogueras Ramos, Texas Tribune

Fracking wastewater, injected underground for permanent disposal, traveled 12 miles through geological faults before bursting to the surface through a previously plugged West Texas oil well in 2022, according to a new study from Southern Methodist University. 

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