Frac Sand Weekly News Digest

Despite new competition, Wisconsin’s frac sand industry has come roaring back from a slump that idled mines two years ago, fueled by a continued surge in domestic crude oil production.

The tentacles of in-basin frac sand exploration continue to extend and expand, wrapping new basins up in the plans of more new entrants. We review the latest development in the...

Hallador Energy Co. is turning its coal mining expertise towards the frack sand industry. The Denver-based coal mining company that operates in Indiana and was formerly an exploration and production entity, announced this month plans to open the first frack sand mine in Colorado...

The three facilities are located near Odessa, Texas, San Antonio, Texas and Benwood, W. Va., and comprise approximately 70 thousand tons of storage capacity. As part of the agreement, U.S. Silica will continue to service customer needs through the transloads, which CIG will now own and operate...

We have the very latest on another new Eagle Ford frac sand mine after an exclusive conversation with the team backing the project this morning. This sand story is moving fast folks, and Infill Thinking is the original source of real-time coverage on the latest developments in the in-basin saga...

In February 2018, Preferred Sands announced the opening of its Atascosa sand mine and facility, which will provide frac sand for the Permian Basin and the Eagle Ford Shale in Texas, Business Wire reports...

In this week’s weekly drilling rig count update, we take a closer look at Eagle Ford permitting trends. In addition, we are preparing for an upcoming Eagle Ford Shale market intelligence gathering trip. The early-April trip itinerary is taking shape and will...

Smart Sand, Inc. announced today that, in anticipation of its recent acquisition of the rights to a unit train capable transloading terminal in Van Hook...

Smart Sand’s 2018 budget is $85-$95mm. $71mm of that is spoken for with their Oakdale plant expansion, efficiency enhancements and routine maintenance. The $19mm…

Texas-based Smart Sand Inc. is expanding in North Dakota’s Bakken shale oil play. After announcing the processing capacity expansion of its Oakdale, Wisconsin frack sand...

Atlas Sand was one of six in-basin sand plants (various stages of development) that we visited in the Permian Basin in early-February. Like with our five other in-basin...

Host Rich Kremer and his guests will discuss the economic and environmental impacts of the industry. Frac sand is used in the hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” process to remove petroleum fluids such as...

There’s a new thread over in our members-only discussion forum. In it are observations on the new OSHA respirable crystalline silica regs that kick in just three months from now...

The Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway is one of the oldest railroads in Oklahoma — if not the oldest. It started in 1907 as an interurban rail line providing trolley car service to workers going to various plants along...

Questale released a detailed assessment of trends in Global Hydraulic Fracturing Proppants Sales market. The research report includes...

The Texas state senator who has refused to step down, despite 11 felony convictions and several groping allegations, has been fined just $500 in civil penalties by the Texas Ethics Commission...