Azle, Texas, USA. 13th January 2014. Discovering how to get natural gas trapped in rock has made north Texas's Barnett Shale Field the leading producer of natural gas, but now residents just 20 miles west of Ft Worth in Azle are feeling the ground shake. At a 926 acre farm, permits are posted for 29 wells. Credit: J. G. Domke/Alamy Live News
Posting of wells drilled in a farm near Reno, Texas at the intersection of three counties: Tarrant, Wise and Parker. Residents fear their property value will fall and they will never be able to sell their land with frequent earthquakes caused they feel from natural gas drilling and wastewater disposal wells.
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