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New maps reveal safe locations for wastewater injection
New stress maps of Texas and Oklahoma, with black lines indicating stress orientation. Blue-green colors indicate regions of extension in the crust, while yellow-orange areas are indicative of crustal compression. (Image credit: Jens-Erik Lund Snee) Stanford geophysicists have compiled the most detailed maps yet of the geologic forces controlling the locations, types and magnitudes of […]
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For students in geoscience, the oil and gas industry is probably the most likely industry they will end up in. During our studies we often learn a given curriculum, have fun on fieldtrips, specialise in a certain topic, write a thesis and enroll in the next higher education level. Repeat. The result is that fresh-out-of-college-graduates […]
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