Nick Cook, Editor
Issue #453 | January 10, 2024
This week in the frac sand world, we highlight a last mile player making a big splash, a frac sand mine is acquired, MORE E&P consolidation, and so many other stories.
And now, the news…
Highlight story on one of 2023's biggest conference sponsors trying to make waves.
Congratulations to the buyer and the seller, who are both regular attendees at The Petroleum Connection’s events.
Combination of natural-gas producers could come together as soon as this week.
The combined company would be a gas juggernaut, producing over 7 bcf a day net and operating over 11 bcf a day gross.
Half dozen quick hits with relevance to the frac market.
Like local leaders in many other towns in West Texas, the Kermit City Council spent years saving its tax revenue fearing the energy economy would crash.
Better geological targeting and *increased frac sand loading* have resulted in consistently strong well production.
APA said the Callon deal adds scale to its operations across the sprawling oil-rich Permian Basin, most notably in the Delaware Basin, and that it expects the combined company’s daily production will exceed 500,000 barrels of oil equivalent.
Anecdotal stories about how the Bakken is bringing prosperity to industrious folks.
Our friends at Infill Thinking looks back at their predictions from last year.
Dune Express is capable of transporting 13 million tons of proppant annually and with over 84,000 tons of dry storage within the system.
Canadian sand mine debacle hurts other mines in the eyes of the public.
Exxon says the impairments primarily reflect the idling of its Upstream Santa Ynez Unit assets and related facilities
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• Nick Cook, Petroleum Connection
• Tim McMahon, UT Bureau of Economic Geology
• Ryan Hassler, Rystad Energy
• Joseph Triepke, Infill Thinking
• Hayden Gillespie, Black Mountain Sand
• Marcus Morton, Cyber Square
• Adam Katz, Badger Mining Corp.
• Brian McConn, Atlas Energy
• Pete Cook, Petroleum Connection [M]
• Kevin Fisher, PropX
• Bob Carter, IAC
• Chris Cloud, Saber Asset Group
• Ryan Zorn, Liberty Energy
• Sam Reynolds, Marathon Oil [M]
• Aric Christman, Encino Energy
• Charlie Crisp, Crisp Supply Chain Solutions
• Jose Sagaseta, Vorto [M]
• Matt Martinez, Texas Chrome Transport
• Sergio Sabatini, OmniTRAX
• Isaiah Martinez, WTS Energy Group
• Rick Pattillo, Lobo Logistics
• Nick Cook, Petroleum Connection
• Kirby Wilkerson, KBW Partners [M]
• Dane Walker, Wall Street Sand Company
• Dr. Anthony Konya, Konya Mining Company
• Jim Otteman, Imperium Enterprises
• William Hitters, CEO, Luxmath Consulting
• Alex Meleshko, LIUM Research [M]
• Matt Oehler, PropX
• Anna Omsberg, SandPile
• Steve Brock, Nomad Proppants
• Nick Cook, Petroleum Connection [M]
• Chris Samanns, Signal Peak Silica
• Dave Frattaroli, High Roller Sand
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