Frac Sand Weekly News Digest
Nick Cook, Editor
Issue #544 | December 10, 2025
Good afternoon everyone! Pleased to bring the Frac Sand Digest back to your inbox this Wednesday.
A few interesting announcements, updates, and highlights:
- Detmar Logistics (longtime supporters of ours) has announced that they’ll launching autonomous frac sand hauling on I-20 with Aurora Innovation. This is big news considering that it comes on the heels of Atlas’ partnership on autonomous sand delivery on lease roads with Kodiak at the beginning of this year (read more here and here).
- Digest EXCLUSIVE: a new web-based software is looking to break into the frac sand industry in a big way with a real-time digital marketplace, enabling instant sand
purchasing, automated verification, receivable factoring, and integrated tools (read more here). - Interesting analysis into how consolidated pressure pumping is by basin (read here).
- EGS gets big funding and big publicity this week (read here).
So, put aside some time, and let’s dig in!
And now, the news…
This Week's News
Aurora to haul frac sand autonomously in Permian Basin
Aurora Innovation announced it has reached a commercial agreement with Detmar Logistics to autonomously transport frac sand for an oil and gas producer, marking the first deployment of autonomous trucks hauling proppants on public roads in the Permian Basin.
EXCLUSIVE: New Web-Based Platform Transforms How the Energy Industry Buys, Sells, and Moves Frac Sand
A breakthrough digital platform has launched to modernize the way frac sand is bought, sold, financed, and delivered across the U.S. energy sector.
Detmar’s Driverless Trucks To Move Sand Down I-20 With No One On Board In 2026
Infill Thinking caught up with management team innovating on the cutting edge of frac sand delivery…
Canadian National Railway Company: Crews responding to train derailment near Merrillan
Several railcars transporting frac sand left the track. There are no reported injuries, and public safety is not at risk.
The Last Time Permian Mines Cut Back This Fast Was Covid…
Probably not a surprise for anyone, but these datapoints are not fun to read.
Fervo Energy Raises $462 Million, Lands Google as Investor
The company, also backed by Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures, has emerged as a leader in advanced geothermal energy
Consolidation Trends In Frac Service
Interesting analysis into how consolidated pressure pumping is by basin.
In Other News… More Last Mile Positives, Litigation Updates, E&P Frac Updates, DUCs, Power Buzz, Rail Risk, & more…
Every side story you might've missed last week!
ExxonMobil boosts 2030 outlook, plans to double Permian output
Through its technology pipeline and efficiency gains, the company expects to double production in the Permian Basin by 2030 to approximately 2.5 million oil-equivalent barrels per day when compared to 2024 — 200,000 barrels of oil equivalent higher than the prior plan.
Here’s What A Permian Super Major CEO Told Wall Street About His Outlook Today
This week, we have an update on a super major who is a key customer in the Permian.
Infinity Natural Resources Announces Transformational Acquisition in the Ohio Utica Shale for $1.2 Billion
“This transformational and strategic acquisition represents the largest transaction in Infinity’s history, continuing our track record of aggregation within the Appalachian basin,” said Zack Arnold, President and CEO of Infinity.
Infill Thinking’s 2026 Oilfield Market Outlook Survey Is Live!
Industry survey open to all Infill Thinking members.
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