{"id":25071,"date":"2015-09-18T15:47:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T20:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=25071"},"modified":"2015-09-18T15:51:11","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T20:51:11","slug":"oil-regulators-shut-down-two-disposal-wells-after-earthquakes-near-cushing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2015\/09\/18\/oil-regulators-shut-down-two-disposal-wells-after-earthquakes-near-cushing\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil Regulators Shut Down Two Disposal Wells After Earthquakes Near Cushing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_25074\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 620px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25074\" alt=\"A map from the Corporation Commission details the quake-related disposal well actions issued on Sept. 18, 2015.\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2015\/09\/Wells-of-Interest-Cushing-9-18-2015-620x479.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2015\/09\/Wells-of-Interest-Cushing-9-18-2015-620x479.jpg 620w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2015\/09\/Wells-of-Interest-Cushing-9-18-2015-500x387.jpg 500w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2015\/09\/Wells-of-Interest-Cushing-9-18-2015-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2015\/09\/Wells-of-Interest-Cushing-9-18-2015-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2015\/09\/Wells-of-Interest-Cushing-9-18-2015.jpg 1221w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Oklahoma Corporation Commission<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map from the Corporation Commission details the quake-related disposal well actions issued on Sept. 18, 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div><p>State oil and gas authorities on Friday limited activity at five disposal wells after a string of earthquakes recorded near the city of Cushing.<!--more--><\/p><p>A wave of small quakes has struck near the city in recent days. On Friday morning, a magnitude 3.8 to 4.1-magnitude temblor was recorded. No damage has been reported.<\/p><p>The orders apply to five disposal wells located east of the city, which is home to <a href=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/topic\/cushing\/\">a major storage hub<\/a> that holds tens of millions of barrels of crude oil. Two disposal wells operated by American Energy-Woodford were shut down; volume cuts were ordered for the other three, including one operated by F.H.A. Investments.<\/p><p>&#8220;None of the wells are what we\u2019d consider to be high volume,&#8221; said Corporation Commission spokesman Matt Skinner. &#8220;They are moderate volume, and each of them has different reasons suggested in the data as to their risk profile.&#8221;<\/p><p>Skinner says the agency could expand or scale-back the actions in the Cushing area if the earthquake activity continues or slows. The agency is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2015\/09\/16\/440619196\/faced-with-spate-of-tremors-oklahoma-looks-to-shake-up-its-oil-regulations\">more frequently issuing quake-related shutdowns<\/a> and volume cutbacks at disposal wells, which <a href=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/tag\/earthquakes\/\">scientists say<\/a> are likely fueling most of the earthquake activity in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State oil and gas authorities on Friday limited activity at five disposal wells after a string of earthquakes recorded near the city of Cushing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":25074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[490],"tags":[390,339,489,500],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25071"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25071"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25079,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25071\/revisions\/25079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}