Univ. of Oklahoma Developed Quake Position While Asking Oilman for $25M

"University of Oklahoma officials were seeking a $25 million donation from billionaire oilman Harold Hamm last year, records show, at a time when scientists at the school were formulating the state's position on oil drilling and earthquakes.

They came up with a position that squared with Hamm's, saying most of the hundreds of earthquakes rattling the state are natural and not caused by the oil industry.

But they didn't get the $25 million to build 'The Continental Resources Center for Energy Research and Technology.'"

Mike Soraghan reports for EnergyWire June 23, 2015.