Texas Oil Regulator Investigates Earthquakes

The Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) says it is investigating recent earthquakes in the Camp Springs area along the Fisher/Scurry County line in West Texas, an RRC spokesperson told Rigzone.

“As part of efforts to reduce seismic activity caused by underground injection of produced water, several operators in the region have converted deep brine disposal wells to shallow brine disposal wells over the past year,” the spokesperson told Rigzone late Friday, noting that “disposal wells are used to dispose of produced water, which is water that comes out of wells during oil and gas production.”

RRC inspectors are inspecting brine disposal wells two and a half miles from the earthquake cluster this week. [week commencing July 22] “The committee will assess the next steps that can be taken to mitigate the effects of the earthquakes,” the spokesman added.

“We will continue to take the necessary measures to protect the environment and the population in the area,” the TRA spokesman added.

The US Geological Survey website showed that a 5.1 magnitude earthquake occurred on July 26 at a depth of 3.3 kilometers, 17 kilometers northeast of Hermle, Texas.

“This event has been identified as the likely mainshock of a series of earthquakes,” the website said.

On July 23, a 4.9 magnitude earthquake struck at a depth of 3.2 kilometers, 17 kilometers northeast of Hermle, Texas, according to the site.

The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority is a government agency with primary regulatory jurisdiction over the oil and natural gas industry, pipeline transportation companies, the pipeline industry for the transportation of natural gas and hazardous liquids, natural gas facilities, the liquefied natural gas industry, critical natural gas infrastructure, and surface coal and uranium mining operations, as stated on the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority website.

In a statement posted on its website earlier this month, the Natural Resources Regulatory Authority said its geologists and engineers will work with environmental experts from other states “to analyze an important agency program that protects groundwater sources for drinking water.”

“The Groundwater Regulatory Authority has asked the Groundwater Protection Council (GWPC), a respected organization of national groundwater experts, to conduct an independent peer review of its Class II Underground Injection Control (UIC) program,” the statement said.

Class II injection wells are used in oil and gas operations such as enhanced oil recovery, produced water disposal and underground hydrocarbon storage, RRC said in the statement, adding that GWPC is made up of more than 30 groundwater and environmental regulatory agencies in states from coast to coast.

“Georgia State Water Authority peer reviews include, but are not limited to, evaluations of state rules, permit application process, permit review standards, groundwater protection, well inspection practices, program funding, and data management,” the water regulator said in a statement.

“RRC’s UIC program has received praise from federal regulators in recent years,” the company added. “EPA’s annual assessments have highlighted RRC’s strong oversight of injection wells to protect groundwater sources of drinking water and our ongoing efforts to mitigate earthquakes in Texas.”

“RRC has had success stories with our UIC program that began in 1982,” said Paul Dubois, RRC’s assistant director of oil and gas, in the statement.

“One example of this is the important steps we took to help mitigate earthquakes in West Texas by setting injection boundaries for produced water disposal. We even leveraged artificial intelligence in this work. It’s always good to have a fresh set of eyes on our mission, and having experts from other states review our program will help further advance our important work,” he added.

The Illinois State University-Texas peer review could take six months to a year to complete, according to the RRC statement.

Last month, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority indicated in a separate statement posted on its website that its commissioners had approved the agency’s oil and gas monitoring and enforcement plan for fiscal year 2025.

“The annual plans outline the strategic priorities of the Petroleum Resources Regulatory Authority to monitor oil and gas activities and enforce regulations throughout the state,” the NRRA said in a statement, adding that they “include the agency’s extensive field operations activities such as well inspections, orphan well plugging, and site repairs.”

“New to this year’s plan is information on technical permits, RRC monitoring and implementation activities carried out by the Technical Permits and Administrative Compliance units in the Oil and Gas Division,” the statement said.

“One example of this is the Compliance Team the department established in 2023 to focus on post-permit compliance at surface waste management facilities regulated by the Environmental Permits Division,” she added.

“The Mineral Resources Committee also sought public input for the first time this year before developing the plan. Some of that input was used to set priorities for monitoring and implementation efforts in the plan, including providing more comprehensive gas flaring data and evaluating divergence methods to reduce orphan wells older than 20 years,” she continued.

“We continue to leverage the expertise of our employees and the agency’s technological advancements to serve the people of Texas and their communities,” said Danny Sorrells, RRC’s deputy executive director and oil and gas director, in the statement.

“The new monitoring and enforcement plan provides more information on how we plan to use these key regulatory resources as the Texas oil and gas industry continues to be a vital component of the state and the U.S. economy,” he added.

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