Fukushima earthquake shuts Japan LNG import facility
Japan Petroleum Exploration Company (JAPEX) has suspended its Soma LNG import terminal operations after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit Fukushima prefecture late Saturday.
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Cuadrilla plans ‘goodwill payments’ to locals after quake at fracking site
The UK's only fracker Cuadrilla has revealed it will make small "goodwill payments" to locals who claim their homes were damaged by a violent tremor caused by the company's Lancashire drilling site.
Updated: North Sea oil workers report earthquake
Oil workers felt the effects of an earthquake in the North Sea this week, according to seismologists.
Helicopters ‘core’ to Papua New Guinea’s earthquake recovery
Nine days after a massive earthquake and more than a hundred aftershocks shook Papua New Guinea -- including a 6.7 magnitude hit early Wednesday -- the Pacific nation is struggling to access villages cut off by landslides and secure safe drinking water.
PNG earthquake death toll could pass 100
At least 55 people have been confirmed dead and authorities fear the toll could exceed 100 from last week's powerful earthquake in Papua New Guinea.
Exxon’s LNG plant in Papua New Guinea out of action for eight weeks, report says
ExxonMobil's LNG plant in Papua New Guinea will be unable to produce for about eight weeks due to an earthquake strike last week, a news report said.
Exxon’s PNG LNG project could stay shut for six weeks after earthquake
Exxon Mobil Corp.’s $19 billion liquefied natural gas export project in Papua New Guinea may remain shut for six weeks after an earthquake rocked the country’s remote highlands, which are home to the venture’s upstream gas supplies, according to UBS Group AG.
Exxon shuts down plant as powerful earthquake rattles Papua New Guinea
A powerful earthquake rattled forest villages and a large gold mine in central Papua New Guinea on Monday, and the government sent officers to the region to assess unverified reports of fatalities and check the extent of the damage.
North Sea hit by 4.8 magnitude earthquake
The North Sea was hit by an earthquake of 4.8 magnitude this afternoon. The earthquake struck at 2.33pm between Scotland and Norway, and was felt in Shetland and Orkney. The @ShetlandWild twitter account said: “We certainly felt this.” A 3.8 magnitude earthquake hit the North Sea in January last year off the coast of Yorkshire.
Oklahoma agency plans to shut disposal wells after earthquake
Oklahoma’s oil and gas regulator plans to shut some disposal wells and reduce the volume of others as its initial response to Sunday’s earthquake near the oil hub of Cushing.
Earthquake felt from Oklahoma to Nebraska to shine spotlight on oil and gas
One of Oklahoma’s largest earthquakes on record has rattled other parts of the Midwest in the US, from Nebraska to North Texas.
Ecuador’s President raises taxes to rebuild quake-hit cities
President Rafael Correa is raising taxes and imposing a one-off levy on millionaires to rebuild cities devastated by Ecuador’s worst earthquake in decades.
Here’s the US earthquake forecast, now including the quakes we cause
Towns on the Great Plains are built to withstand tornadoes. Earthquakes are a new thing. A cluster of central states surrounding Oklahoma now faces the highest risk of earthquakes induced by human activities "such as fluid injection or extraction," according to a short-term seismic forecast by the US Geological Survey.
Quakes force Dutch lawmakers to cut gas production
Dutch communities rattled by earthquakes are upending Europe’s energy market. Towns in the northern province of Groningen sit atop the continent’s biggest gas field, where the Dutch government says exploration by oil and gas majors Royal Dutch Shell and ExxonMobil has triggered 196 earthquakes since 2013, damaging buildings and making home sales difficult.