UT study: more earthquakes in gas drilling areas

Published August 6, 2012 9:33pm ET



HOUSTON (AP) — A University of Texas study has found more seismic activity in areas near Dallas where natural gas drillers have built high-volume injection wells to handle drilling wastewater.

The study done by Cliff Frohlich at the Institute for Geophysics was released Monday. It is being published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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