Nick Cook, Editor
Issue #207 | February 20, 2019
Taylor Robinson, president of PLG Consulting, traveled to Houston, Texas to attend Petroleum Connections’ 4th Annual Frac Sand Industry Update conference in February 2019. In the following, Robinson shares his...
In less than three years, the frac sand market erupted with in-basin frac sand in each shale play. Gone are the days of Northern White Sand versus Brady Brown. Today,...
This is the talk around sand town in February 2019. It is interesting. And it may be too soon to stick a fork in NWS 40/70 just yet…
Despite still being over 6 months away, The Petroleum Connection has announced that the Golf Sponsorship (the top level of sponsorship this year) have already sold out. Alpine Silica,...
Just a year after rushing into America’s busiest oil field with new mines, frac-sand producers may have overdone it. West Texas sand used in the hydraulic fracturing process will drop...
Hi-Crush Partners reported a loss in the fourth quarter of 2018 as a perfect storm of events, namely lower oil prices, poor weather, budget exhaustions, and slowing completions from inadequate...
After hearing some rumblings about changes at Preferred Sands over the past week or two from industry contacts, we were able to contact new management and received a statement about...
Shale Support Holdings, LLC, a leading provider of frac-sands and logistical solutions to the oil and gas proppant market, has announced it has finalized a deal as a provider for...
Every once in a while Infill Thinking "live blogs" earnings conference calls, sharing takeaways and highlighting what matters most seconds after management articulating their points. Today was one such occasion… and...
Emerge Energy has had a mind of its own lately, as it has generally performed inversely to overall benchmarks. When the S&P 500 or oil is down, usually EMES bucks...
A sand mine in the town of Greenfield is laying off 29 employees. Covia Corp. informed the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development that the layoffs, all hourly positions, include 17...
A couple job openings posted online late last week caught our eye and tipped us off on a new development that may have been occurring under the radar...
Frac sand supplier U.S. Silica Holdings Inc reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss on Tuesday, helped by growth in its industrial and specialty products unit. Sales in the industrial & specialty...
Proppant Express Investments, LLC today announced that on February 14, 2019 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“Patent Office”) invalidated 24 of 26 claims challenged by PropX from two of...
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. announced today that the United States Patent Office has confirmed two key claims of a patent which covers fundamental aspects of technology owned by its SandBox...
Each week we break down the rig count. Everyone can get their hands on the standard Baker Hughes rig count, but no one processes it week in and week out...
Rick Tabish, front man for the long-proposed slag processing plant outside Anaconda, has overcome one hurdle on the road to building a facility that, if it happens, will process old...
In its first effort to place boundaries on the state’s growing sand industry, the Legislature is considering a bill that would tax frac sand and set uniform, minimum standards to...
MS Industries, is a mining and mineral development company and direct mining source located in Russellville Alabama, is a primary producer of a wide array of industrial silica products along...
The industrial scene is a regular on the Bclip shoot calendar. Our videos with Volvo dive into the mighty powerhouses their equipment play a part in every day, like this...
A San Antonio man who operated a frac sand transportation company will spend the next six years in prison after a judge sentenced him for cheating investors out of $3.6...
On Tuesday, former state senator from San Antonio Carlos Uresti was sentenced to five years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to a count of conspiracy to commit bribery...
Cuadrilla refused permission for new UK fracking operation...
The UK’s nascent fracking firms are headed for a crunch moment that will determine whether the industry has a future, according to observers and insiders. The past fortnight has seen...
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