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Nick Cook, Editor
Issue #179 | August 8, 2018
FBN's Connell McShane talks to Hi-Crush Partners Plant Manager Greg Edwards about the big business of the sand used in fracking.
Even with the oil price downturn dampening local drilling activity that year, in 2016 operators were still increasing the amount of sand they were pumping downhole in completions, and by...
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Superior Silica Sands LLC, a subsidiary of Emerge Energy Services LP, is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Price River Terminal, LLC to access its existing...
Wall Street wasn't impressed with Emerge Energy Services second-quarter results: Traders sent the stock down more than 10% on Wednesday after it announced earnings. Not only did the company miss...
About one week ago, the first truckload of finished frac sand left Atlas Sand’s gate in Kermit. Check out the latest on their ramp in this update.
Proppant supplier Hi-Crush unveiled plans to develop a second Permian Basin sand mine to be located in Kermit, Texas, and have an annual capacity of 3 million metric tons. The...
U.S. Silica reported another blowout quarter, with revenues of $427.4 million, which increased 16% quarter over quarter, and adjusted EBITDA of $123.6 million. The company cited stronger pricing in oil...
The frac sand miner says low quality and sparse distribution will limit new in-basin sand projects outside the Permian. Frac sand production in the United States will remain primarily a...
US Silica’s Lamesa sand plant more than doubled in announced capacity this week, becoming the Xth Permian in-basin plant we track with an announced expansion vs. original nameplate capacity.
On paper, it looks like frack sand supplier U.S. Silica Holdings had a pretty tough quarter. Even though sales were up significantly, its income numbers fell off a cliff compared...
Brad Thomson, Source's President and CEO said, "The second quarter of 2018 proved to be a very good quarter for us despite the general slow down in activity in the...
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.’s average oil production in the Permian’s Delaware Basin jumped 88% during second-quarter 2018 as the company works to add more wells to pads and gain overall optionality...
Industrial Accessories Company, one of the largest EPC contractors for the Frac Sand industry, has developed a state-of-the art advanced Frac Sand Rotary Dryer / Cooler, which has been patented...
The Oilfield Technology Group of Hexion Inc. today announced its new proppant flowback control additive for the oil and gas industry. Proppant flowback occurs when well production carries unbonded proppant...
The global frac sand logistics market is expected to post a CAGR of close to four percent during the period 2018-2022, according to the latest market research report by Technavio
Superior Silica Sands LLC has signed an agreement with Price River Terminal LLC to use its existing multi-commodity terminal in Wellington, Utah, for frac sand handling.
A southbound Union Pacific train hit an 18-wheeler carrying about 45,000 pounds of fracking sand at a railroad crossing off Benton Road/ LA-3 Wednesday afternoon.
A Canadian Pacific Railroad train carrying eight empty cars derailed Sunday night near Hwy. 61 in southern Winona County. No one was injured in the accident that halted railroad traffic...
There’s not much to look at except dirt, mesquite, and sagebrush around the 10 acres of flat, almost treeless land near Goldsmith, Texas, where Aries Residence Suites runs a housing...
New Mexico State Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn is no stranger to fights with Texas over cross-border resource extraction and transport. See, for instance, the summer 2017 "dirt bandit" episode in...
Minnesota Sands has released a statement Tuesday on the Minnesota Court of Appeals upholding Winona County's frac sand ban. The court's 2-1 decision to affirm a trial court's dismissal of...
On an early morning bicycle ride in May, John Detwiller was pedaling across the McKees Rocks Bridge when he noticed white sand drifted into small piles against the bridge support...
Sentencing for ex-FourWinds Logistics boss Stan Bates was postponed Monday, but he was nonetheless taken into custody after prosecutors raised concerns that he still may be committing fraud.
The first person to plead guilty in the criminal scheme that led to the downfall of ex-San Antonio lawmaker Carlos Uresti won’t have to serve any prison time.
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