Residents of small towns, infrastructure, and oil and gas pipelines could be at risk from the ground heaving and sinking in West Texas after years of fossil fuel production, according to a new study from Southern Methodist University (SMU) scientists. Research scientist Jin-Woo Kim said in an SMU statement, "This region of Texas has been punctured like a pin cushion with oil wells and injection wells since the 1940's and our findings associate that activity with ground movement."
from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/the-ground-under-a-west-texas-oil-patch-is-moving-at-alarming-rates
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