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Construction of 134-story skyscraper proposed in Oklahoma City
- Dec, 14, 2023
- General Civil General Construction Other Structural Other Geotechnical Visualization News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Update: On January the 19th, the developers announced a revised height of 1,907 feet for the planned skyscraper, which would make it the nation's tallest building if constructed. 1907 was chosen to s...
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Water storage after fracking related to seismic hazard
New study shows that the storage of water produced from oil and gas exploitation using hydraulic fracturing is correlated with earthquake hazard. New study shows that the storage of water p...
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Earthquakes induced by injection wells
Researchers at UC Santa Cruz found that bigger and more distant earthquakes can occur when injecting fluid into sedimentary rock than into the underlying basement rock. Researchers at UC Santa Cruz f...
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U.S. largest wind farm is under construction in Oklahoma
The 2-GW wind farm—called the “Wind Catcher”, is expected to provide electricity to 1.1 million utility customers in the region The 2-GW wind farm—called the “Wind Catcherâ€, i...
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Oklahoma faces seismic risk due to drilling activity
According to the U.S. Geological Survey annual forecast on natural and human–induced seismic risk, Oklahoma and Kansas may experience serious ground shaking during 2017 due to the drilling activity of...
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