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Issue #210 | March 13, 2019
Over the past couple of weeks, The Petroleum Connection has received multiple complaints about recent and upcoming frac sand events. Clearly the idea was that “all frac sand events are...
We’ve been reading alot this week. We’ve also been curating a recap of items we read with the highest impact value for the frac sand supply chain. Enjoy…
The U.S. energy sector will dominate the global oil and gas industry in the coming years as the "second wave" of shale growth takes hold, the International Energy Agency said...
If you have a used frac sand plant that may be for sale, there is a buyer who may be interested in taking it off your hands. The buyer is...
Today, we’re looking at a U.S. oil basin that we talk extensively about in our sand market reports and is back in the spotlight of oil and gas media: the...
Energy major Chevron took oil and gas development in the booming Permian Basin to a large-scale manufacturing mode and now is beginning to drill West Texas oil wells from Houston...
The exploration for oil and natural gas has always been among the most risky propositions in the business world. The major risk today, in the new age of shale, revolves...
The Permian Basin is the largest oil basin in the United States, and the heartland of fracking. However, activity there has been hampered by high costs and squeezed capacity. But...
In today’s guest post, James offers a unique perspective on the economic impact of under-developed road-ways and key insights on transportation infrastructure development in West Texas.
In 2019, Texas will reach over 130 million tons of production per year (MMTPY) of frac sand nameplate capacity, of which 85% will come from Permian and Eagle Ford facilities,...
Oil and Gas Onshore, providing energy for the world through innovation one well at a time...and we're here to tell you about it.
Oil rose to the highest in more than a week after Saudi Arabia was said to plan extending deep supply curbs and a nationwide blackout sparked a production collapse in...
Today, we take a look at one of the riskier small cap holdings in my portfolio. The company occupies a particularly volatile part of the domestic energy sector. While high...
At some point in recent years, drilling in Wyoming and in many parts of the U.S. became an engineer’s game...
Industrial sand and gravel, often called "silica," "silica sand," and "quartz sand," includes sands and gravels with high silicon dioxide (SiO2) content. These sands are used in glassmaking; for...
Whiting Petroleum deserves credit for working through tough conditions in Q4 2018, which included widening differentials in the Bakken, gruesome weather at minus 34 degrees, power outages, and lower oil...
The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the legality of Winona County’s ban on frac sand mining on Wednesday, April 10, at the University of Minnesota Law School...
If a proposed mine is approved north of Winnipeg, trucks carrying silica sand could make nearly 100 trips to and from Winnipeg each day. The Wanipigow Sand Extraction Project is...
Dr. Crispin Pierce, a nationally-recognized expert on frac sand health risks, is a Professor of Environmental Public Health at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He, his interns, and students will...
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