Nick Cook, Editor
Issue #162 | April 11, 2018
The rapid advent of frac sand mining in Texas is not only drawing governmental attention from the Texas Comptroller’s office because of environmental impacts. Now the Texas legislature is taking...
U.S. Silica, a producer of industrial minerals including silica and sand proppants, according to its website, is in the process of establishing a sand mine operation at the location. The...
Select Sands Corp. is pleased to announce the Company has exercised its option to purchase a 223-acre property located in Independence County, Arkansas to serve as a platform to support...
Energy metals firm 92 Resources Corp said it had filed an NI 43-101 report for its Golden Silica property in British Columbia, adding that the property showed both frac sand...
There are new details on the first big Mid-Con frac sand mine… and it could be here sooner than you might think.
The oil and gas development process, including associated regulations designed to protect water resources, is “managed best” at the state level, a recent report from the Groundwater Protection Council, a...
Minnesota produced metals and minerals, primarily iron ore, sand, gravel, and dimension stone valued at $3.18 billion dollars in 2017, making it the sixth-largest state in terms of the monetary...
A two-year battle to build a frac sand plant on 16 acres of rare wetlands in Monroe County is coming to a head this spring. A judge will decide if...
As Cuadrilla completes the UK’s first horizontal shale gas well and prepares to seek permission to frack, we ask whether Engineer readers think there is any need to exploit this...
U.S. shale gas producers beat OPEC soundly through innovation in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling techniques; a continuing shale revolution.
During a busy 1Q18, Infill Thinking published 102 research updates, shipped 27 subscriber newsletters, and hosted 3 reader meet-ups. Infill Thinking’s membership grew by 25% during the quarter.
The bankruptcy trustee for FourWinds Logistics — the now-defunct oilfield company that defrauded investors and led to state Sen. Carlos Uresti’s criminal conviction — has prevailed in a $2.5 million...
A federal judge rejected a request for acquittal by state Sen. Carlos Uresti and his co-defendant, Gary Cain, at one point saying Uresti took the trial court rulings "conveniently cherry-picked...
The Bankruptcy Code often instructs a trustee or debtor to perform an act or make an election within a certain time. Sometimes the relevant provisions are intended to benefit a...
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