In the past, it was thought that lightning strikes were random or due to an object being tall or located at a higher elevations. New discoveries are showing these are seldom the controlling factors and that geology plays a greater role. Fault lines tend to be struck by lightning more often, and it's known that active fault zones are good for oil and natural gas exploration, but can be bad for pipelines. This is where seeps and traps often occur, but fault movement can wreak havoc on pipelines used to get these same resources to market. It appears this may be just the tip of the iceberg in the relationship between faults and pipelines. The implications of Earth electrical currents associated with faults and the impact on the pipeline industry are quite literally shocking.
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