According to the Texas Railroad Commission, more than 7,000 oil fields now dot the Permian Basin, and recent increased use of enhanced-recovery practices (like like hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking) has resulted in “a substantial impact on U.S. oil production.” In the meantime, a team of researchers from Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas, has made… Continue reading Texas – Oil – fracking – Permian Basin
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Fracking and Earthquakes – West Texas
New research links a rise in seismic activity in West Texas with increased oil and gas development over the past 20 years and, in particular, the past decade. The study, published 4 November and conducted by the University of Texas (UT) as well as several other universities, leverages old, unmined data to track seismic activity… Continue reading Fracking and Earthquakes – West Texas
China and Iran
During August 2018 it was reported that China’s business and energy ties with Iran do not harm the interests of any other country, the country’s foreign ministry said, after US President Donald Trump said companies doing business with Iran would be barred from the United States. China has already defended its commercial relations with Iran… Continue reading China and Iran


