Frac Sand Weekly News Digest
Nick Cook, Editor
Issue #299 | November 25, 2020
For those who did attend, we expect to send the post conference information out later today (Wednesday). It will include a link to download the presentations and attendee list, as well as some other information. I apologize for the delay, but it was unavoidable.
Finally, we wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving!!
This Week's News
Big Picture Market Impressions From Two Days Spent Talking Frac Supply Chain Strategy In San Antonio
Infill Thinking Picks Up Industry Intel at the Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference...
Some Fracking Sand Was ‘Revolutionary,’ or Maybe It Was Just Sand
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Select Sands customers resume purchases in Q3
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Brent oil hits 8-month high on hopes for vaccine in weeks
Global oil prices hit the highest level since March as hopes for a vaccine...
Once booming, sand mines shuttered
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The First Permanent Closure Of A Permian Local Sand Plant Is A Small Step Toward Oversupply Correction
Infill Thinking has learned that Black Mountain has permanently closed their Sealy Smith plant outside of Monahans. While multiple Permian local sand plants have gone idle this year, this is the first we’ve...
The Straight Skinny On A New Greenfield Local Sand Project In Utah
After Infill Thinking wrote last week that Black Mountain recently sold their Permian Sealy Smith plant to a buyer that moved it to Utah, they went digging into Utah’s permit records to see if they...
Expect more consolidation in oil industry through mid-2021
The oil and gas industry could see another half-dozen mergers and acquisitions by the middle of next year as companies...
Anyone Need Sand in North Dakota?
Sand company goes under, leaving land owner with 22 million pounds of frac sand stored on his property...
One-On-One With Ron Gusek About Libertized Frac Sand
Infill Thinking’s Joseph Triepke interview Liberty Oilfield’s Ron Gusek as a highlight of the Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference. Joseph Triepke summarizes the interview here...
Ron Gusek Comments on Participating in the Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference
Joseph Triepke interviews Ron Gusek from Liberty Oilfield services...
Joseph Triepke Interviews Liberty Oilfield Service President Ron Gusek at the Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference
Joseph Triepke interviews Ron Gusek from Liberty Oilfield services...
Source Energy Services Provides Update on its Recapitalization Transaction and its Plan of Arrangement
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Eagle Ford Field Trip Advances The Damp Sand Frac Narrative (Boots-On-The-Ground Report, Photos)
At last week’s frac sand conference in San Antonio, the wet sand frac concept came up early and often. After the event, Infill Thinking hit the road back to their Dallas HQ and took a detour that produced a new datapoint in the wet sand narrative...
Jim Wicklund Interviews Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure’s Kyle Ramachandran at the Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference
Kyle Ramachandran with Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure being interviewed by Jim Wicklund with Stephens at the 9th Annual Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference...
Frac Sand Industry Shifts, Geography, Shape Driving Costs
The Crude Life talks with Danny Skiff with Specialized Desanders about the frac sand industry...
Jonathon Clark (Westwood Global Energy), Steve Brock (Nomad Proppant), and Matt Oehler (PropX) Discuss Mobile Mines and Wet Sand at the Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference
Jonathon Clark with Westwood Global Energy Group moderating the Mobile Mine and Wet Sand panel featuring Steve Brock with Nomad Proppant Services and Matt Oehler with PropX LLC at the Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference...
Industry Experts Talk About “The Way Forward for Frac Sand”
Joseph Triepke (Infill Thinking), Jason Morin (Black Mountain Sand), Chris Samanns (Signal Peak Silica), and Dr. Michael Mintz (Sand Revolution) had a great conversation about the way forward to frac sand...
Houston Energy Industry News Covers the Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference
Richard Carranza snaps some pictures from one of the receptions at the largest frac sand event of the year...
Elected Official Defends CanWhite Proposed Sand Mine
Bob Lagasse calls on people to allow the environmental reviews to proceed...
Sand Revolution Is Hiring
Sand Revolution is hiring for the positions of shop clerk, field mechanics, diesel mechanics, and CDL Class A drivers...
Could OPEC's house of cards collapse?
As the Cartel's oil ministers prepare to meet in just over a week to decide on the next step...
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