Earthquakes fuel questions over drilling in Cleburne | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News
It's hard to find anyone in this North Texas city of 30,000 who isn't getting mailbox money in exchange for allowing a natural gas company to drill on – or under – his or her property.
But after a spate of mild earthquakes in the past two weeks that could be connected to the drilling, people are starting to reconsider: Is it worth the money?
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This is not the first time oil and gas withdrawal has created problems with the surface 1000s of feetr above, but previously most had been in soft area that subsided rather than quaked.(Baytown Texas, Port Arthur TX, and other gulf coast cities.