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Originally Posted by Pooka
I don't really buy into the Hyd Fracturing thing myself since it has been going on for about 55 years around here. I know of a lot of wells that have been 'enhanced' and all that took place was more oil flowed out. Occidental Oil once set off an atomic blast in a deep oil well to see what would take place. The well started to flow like crazy, but the oil was radioactive. This was a part of the 'Atoms for Peace' project during the 50's.
By the way, this did not cause any earthquakes.
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Didn't happen in Okla, though -- the only underground explosions on US soil outside of Nevada Test Site were in NM, CO, AK, and MS. I think the NM one is what you're thinking about, but it was designed to extract gas, not oil.
Geology in those areas may have been very different.