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Earthquake risk for oil well injections

Earthquake risk for oil well injections
Posted at 11:21 AM, May 03, 2016
and last updated 2016-05-03 14:33:41-04
One environmental agency says 50% of California's new oil wastewater wells are located near earthquake fault lines.
 
The Center For Biological Diversity says these oil wells are within 5 miles of a fault. The state's gas department issued 18 drill permits from April 2015 - March 2016, for wastewater injection wells in Kern, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara Counties.
 
The CBD sent a letter to Governor Brown urging him to halt the oil wastewater injections.