OKLAHOMA CITY — Operators of 27 oil and natural gas wastewater disposal wells in northwest Oklahoma must reduce volume due to the swarm of moderate earthquakes in the past week, state regulators said Wednesday.
The implementation of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s plan calls for changes in the operation of wells about 100 miles northwest of Oklahoma City near Fairview. The commission said the total reduction in wastewater injection volume will be 54,859 barrels daily — or about 2.3 million gallons — a drop of about 18 percent.