Nick Cook, Editor
Issue #174 | July 4, 2018
Nothing at the time suggested the unassuming well in this rural town north of Fort Worth would hobble OPEC, the powerful oil cartel that had governed prices of the world’s...
I’ve got some bad news and some good news. First the bad news. The Platinum, Golf, Gold, and Silver Sponsorships have sold out for the 7th Annual Frac Sand Supply...
Crude fundamentals look healthier than they've been for years, largely because of voluntary curtailments from OPEC and its partners. By giving up 1.8 million barrels per day, or mmbpd, combined,...
In this post we show how slow decision making in last mile logistics has left last mile to be a source of the most untapped value in sand’s value chain....
A team of last mile specialists breaks down the MidCon sand procurement scene, digging deep into well, transload, and mine data to determine mileage differentials as procurement shifts to local...
For US frac sand miners, 2016 started off badly. Demand for the product was ebbing away, in a new world of low oil prices. But the surprising return of the...
As discussed in this Infill Thinking update four months ago, the Texas Comptrollers Office is in the process of re-writing the Texas Conservation Plan for the DSL – a key...
Final product gradation is the first step toward meeting a product spec, and it is dependent on proper wash plant design.
Emerge Energy Services has started development on a new frac sand mine in Oklahoma, United States, that will meet rapidly growing fracking demand in the region, the company announced on...
In the Permian Basin, frac sand mines took off with very little permitting friction. In fact, if you take the dunes sagebrush lizard out of the conversation, we actually can’t...
Citizens voiced concerns about a proposed expansion of a frac sand mine at a meeting Tuesday. During Tuesday evening's public hearing in Chippewa Falls, many residents voiced their opinions about...
A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced former Texas State Sen. Carlos Uresti of San Antonio to 12 years in federal prison for his role in a frac sand Ponzi scheme.
One of Carlos Uresti's buddies will be able to keep him company in a federal prison, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports.
There is an orchard even in the outer limits of the Argentine Patagonian desert. Thanks to the canalization of the Rio Negro, the arid land became ideal to grow the...
The Welsh Government has set out an updated policy on petroleum extraction, which includes fracking.
The Alberta Securities Commission has issued a Notice of Hearing naming Lambert Joseph Lavallee, Brian Maurice Gibbs, David Malcolm Alexander, North America Frac Sand, Inc. and Seton Securities International Ltd....
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