HOME WATER MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS ABOUT US NEWS CAREERS CONTACT Phone Email Linkedin RESEARCH RAILROAD COMMISSION SEISMIC RESPONSE ACTION After more than one thousand earthquakes over the last year and half including six of 3.0M+ near Midland, the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) took the extraordinary action of declaring the Gardendale Seismic Response Action (SRA). By declaring the Gardendale SRA, the RRC put a stop to issuing new disposal permits in parts of Ector, Midland, Andrews and Martin Counties. Further, in determining saltwater injection was a likely factor to the seismic activity, oil and gas operators have been told to reduce their daily water injection volumes in the SRA to less than 10,000 barrels per day. KEY ELEMENTS OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSION’S GARDENDALE SEISMIC RESPONSE AREA Railroad Commission’s Gardendale Seismic Response Action (SRA) covers an area spanning four Midland Basin counties (Ector, Midland, Andrews and Martin) RRC staff stopped issuing new disposal well permits in the Gardendale SRA after determining that saltwater injection was likely contributing to seismic activity, according to the notice RRC requested 76 disposal wells near Midland reduce their maximum daily injection to less than 10,000 bpd (cutting total disposal capacity by almost half according to B3) SRA order came after more than two dozen 3.0+ earthquakes in the Gardendale Region over the last three years. RRC has identified two other Seismic Investigation Regions (SIR) in response to 3.0M+ seismic clusters which have the potential to be upgraded to SRAs, the Stanton SIR (Martin/Howard) and the Mentone SIR (Culberson/Reeves) RRC Gardendale Seismic Response Action (SRA) and Stanton Seismic Investigation Region RRC Seismic Response Action (SRA) and Seismic Investigation Regions (SIR) PRESENTATIONS Jason Jennaro – Railroad Commission Seismic Response Action Presentation, Oilfield Water Connection Conference VIEW KMZ DOWNLOADS Texas Railroad Commission Inferred Fault Lines Texas Railroad Commission Seismic Response Action and Investigation Regions Permian Basin Magnitude 3.0+ Earthquakes Management HS&E Compliance Assurance Policies & Procedures Community Relations Environmental Workplace Diversity Research Railroad Commission Seismic Response Action Copyright © 2021 Breakwater Energy Partners - Oilfield Water Supply Chain Solutions.