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Nick Cook, Editor
Issue #181 | August 22, 2018
Proppant use in the U.S. has seen tremendous growth this year, with demand increasing about 40% since 2017 and roughly 60% since the 2014 peak. The rapid growth has caused...
Candid is probably the best word to describe Covia’s conference call yesterday. Management owned up to the oversupply in the frac sand market – a reckoning our reporting has foreshadowed...
After completing the merger between Fairmount Santrol Holdings and Unimin back in June and changing its name to Covia Holdings, we got to see the financials of the combined entity...
While the Appalachia Basin only accounts for roughly 15% of total proppant usage in the Lower 48, the US Northeast has some of the highest proppant amounts per well. In...
Even after covering this story daily for more than 1.5 years here at Infill Thinking, this chart is still mind-blowing to us because of both its velocity and its scale....
The room block at the JW Marriott Hill Country Resort for the Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference is sold out. We've set up additional room blocks at nearby...
Second quarter 2018 results recently released by US E&P operators signaled higher expected capital investments and oil production growth from US shale than guided in early 2018. While selected operators...
Despite an expected slowdown in Permian growth rates, the U.S. shale patch is increasing production and will continue to do so this year and next. Oil market investors and analysts...
Rack up one more thing robots can be used for: Fracking for oil. Bots already are used to vacuum floors, build cars and do heart surgery. Now, Halliburton Co. wants...
In this update, we provide a deep dive on a new topic that is emerging from the fringes in fracing: Electric Frac Spreads. Fad or a game changer?
While increasing the use of proppant during completions has been typical among oil producers over the past several years, Whiting Petroleum CEO Brad Holly says his company has managed to...
Several weeks ago in this update, we documented an inflection on local sand adoption. Recent proppant customer commentary has remained on trend – here’s what’s new.
Out in the west Texas plains, Greg Edwards runs a sand mine. Silos that dot the horizon out here mark the ever-growing competition in his field, which didn’t exist just...
A new report by researchers from Duke University has triggered some unnecessarily alarmist media reports. Popular Science, for example, ran a story under the headline “New fracking wells are using...
Industrial Accessories Company (IAC), 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...
Adelphi Construction LC, owned by Industrial Accessories Company (IAC), recently completed the design/build of two Frac Sand facilities for Preferred Sands in central Texas and is completing 3 more plants...
Patriot Rail Company LLC is a premier short line railroad and transportation service provider in North America. Recently, its Louisiana & North West Railroad (LNW) location, which operates over...
A Wisconsin appeals court has rejected attempts by a group of landowners to block a proposed frac sand operation in western Wisconsin but may open a door for legal challenges...
Challenging an ordinance that the court characterizes as an "even-handed" zoning regulation, even if it outlaws an existing conditional use, is going to be a tough one for a plaintiff....
The government has stopped asking the British public whether they are for or against fracking for shale gas just weeks before the first fracking operation in seven years is due...
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