On
October 19, 2015, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) announced that more
wastewater disposal wells have been added to the Commission’s volume-reduction
plan in the Cushing area due to recent induced earthquakes in said area. The
Commission implemented this plan on September 18, 2015.
The OCC
imposed operational changes to thirteen disposal wells operated by five oil and
gas companies in the Cushing area. Under the expanded volume-reduction plan, the
Commission developed a new system establishing zones in the “Area of Interest” “defined
from a centrally located point between the two most recent magnitude 4+
earthquakes . . . near the town of Cushing.”
The
Commission identified three zones within the “Area of Interest” and declared
that “any company that has been identified as operating one or more Arbuckle
disposal well(s) located within one of the three zones . . . will need to
reduce volumes disposed into such well(s)” according to a specific schedule
defined by the Commission.
Further
information on the defined “Area of Interest” and schedule is available at http://www.occeweb.com/News/10-19-15CUSHING%202.pdf.
Written by Chloe Marie - Research Fellow
10/22/2015
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