A professor at Edinburgh University has called for more research on the risks of disposing of fracking flowback fluid by re-injection before it is used in the UK. Stuart Haszeldine, a specialist in the geochemistry of fluids in sedimentary rocks, warned: “Lessons from the US, where the process has been linked to induced local seismicity and environmental contamination due to poor well construction, have to be learned and not repeated.” In an article published 22/1/2016, Professor Haszeldine and Edinburgh colleagues Megan O’Donnell and Stuart Gilfillan, said the disposal of large volumes of contaminated flowback fluids could soon be allowed in England and Wales.
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