[ad_1] A powerful earthquake in West Texas is drawing fresh scrutiny to frackers’ water-management operations in the nation’s hottest petroleum-producing region. A 5.4-magnitude earthquake, the fourth largest in Texas history, struck an oil-and-gas production hot spot in Reeves County on Wednesday afternoon, sending tremors that were felt as far as Dallas, El Paso and San […]
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[ad_1] Frackers in America’s busiest oil field are butting heads with miners working to boost production of a vital crop nutrient in short supply following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Relentless drilling in the Delaware basin has pushed New Mexico’s oil production up faster than in any other state over the past 10 years. But the […]
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