Fluid injection at Brockham could cause earthquakes, scientists warn
Plans to inject waste fluid at a Surrey oil site could cause “potentially damaging earthquakes”, two earth scientists have warned.
Plans to inject waste fluid at a Surrey oil site could cause “potentially damaging earthquakes”, two earth scientists have warned.
There is still no date for final clearance of the oil site at the centre of a Supreme Court landmark judgement issued nine months ago.
More than 150 small earthquakes in Surrey in 2018 and 2019 might have been triggered by oil operations, according to a new study, published today.
Small earth tremors have continued to be recorded around the Surrey village of Newdigate during the summer.
A new study has found no clear links between the recent swarm of earth tremors in Surrey and local oil drilling activity.
As geologists continue to disagree about the cause of the Surrey earthquakes, a local MP has urged the government to investigate any link with oil operations.
The strongest earth tremor so far in the latest swarm in the Newdigate area of Surrey was felt across southern England early this morning.
People living near Newdigate in Surrey reported feeling another earth tremor this evening.
People living in the area of Surrey hit by earthquakes last summer felt another tremor this morning.
A report on the swarm of earthquakes in Surrey earlier this year finds no evidence they were triggered by oil and gas operations. But an academic who contributed to the official investigation into the cause of the quakes disagrees with the conclusion and critics of onshore drilling have […]