Frac Sand Weekly News Digest

We examine the news of a second Eagle Ford frac sand mine, the second this week and it’s only Tuesday.

The United States is on pace to export more energy products than it imports by 2022 as oil and natural gas production from the nation's shale fields keep booming and domestic energy demand remains...

Shale Support Holdings, LLC, a leading provider of frac sands and logistical solutions to the oil and gas proppant market, has announced its newest exclusive terminal located in Gibsland, La.

Here’s what you need to know about the latest frac sand mine. Is this news the beginning of more E&Ps vertically integrating in-basin sand with either purchases of in-basin mines or raw acreage...

We met with Black Mountain’s management team on location in the Permian Basin last week. During our mine tour, we learned exclusive details about the company’s recent operational performance...

U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. said today that its Industrial and Specialty Products business has increased prices for the majority of its non-contracted silica sand, cool roof granule, aplite...

The Oilfield Technology Group (OTG) of Hexion Inc. today announced its new Voyager mobile resin coating service. Initially located in the Permian basin, the innovative Voyager service is the first mobile manufacturing solution that provides...

Exclusive details about the Brady plant closing and what’s next for its owner. Hint, everything on wheels is headed to the Permian…

Expected proppant savings should also support pressure-pumping pricing as operators rely more heavily on local silica sand in the Permian Basin, Eagle Ford Shale and the Haynesville Shale...

A new completion design with 60 sliding sleeve stages and proppant loading of 140,000 pounds per stage is boosting EUR rates by as much as 15% in the Bakken shale play for Hess Corp...

Check out what Patterson-UTI management said about local sand usage last week…

Carbo Ceramics manufactures and sells proppants used primarily in the hydraulic fracturing of oil and natural gas wells. Sales fell precipitously as oil prices dropped, and many customers stopped using the product, instead relying on massive loads of...

Claim Post Resources Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Robert (Bob) D. Archibald as Chief Operating Officer of the Company...

In addition to taking it all in from the West Texas roads this week, we’ve met with management at four in-basin sand mines, two OFS firms, and a regional transportation alliance...

GN Solids Control developed a widely used pump which is a powerful pneumatic slurry transfer vacuum pump. The vacuum pump can be used to convey drilling cuttings, drilling mud, waste solids...

A familiar thread is once again weaving through the stories, conversations and descriptions of the current shale space. We’ve experienced it before, back when oil prices were above $90/b and reaching total depth on a horizontal well took a...

The oil prospectors of Oklahoma, it appeared, finally had a solution to their earthquake problem...

In the Western Alberta town of Fox Creek, roughnecks shuffle through hotel lobbies, freight trucks choke slushy streets and, every once in a while, tremors shake the earth...

Senior U.S District Judge David Ezra denied requests by lawyers for state Sen. Carlos Uresti and co-defendant Gary Cain to acquit the two men accused...