Nick Cook, Editor
Issue #334 | August 4, 2021
The frac sand industry seems to be getting back on its feet. Plenty of positive news from across the industry this week! We are really looking forward to seeing everyone at the 10th Annual Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference in a little over a month. Please note that the hotel room block is only guaranteed through August 15th! With GrapeFest in town the same week, hotel rooms might be hard to find, so book your room (and your conference registration) this week!
And now, the news…
Smart Sand announced that it has entered into a new multi-year Master Product Purchase Agreement with EQT Production Company.
With the goal to expand its electrification, the San Antonio-based fleet placed an initial order of 10 Hyliion Hybrid Electric units earlier this spring.
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Second quarter operating hours are public now in the US mining sector, including for frac sand mines.
"In our energy businesses, improved commodities pricing is generating some positive industry movement and increased equipment utilization as we are ramping up to put a second hydraulic fracturing fleet to work in mid-August," Chief Executive Officer Arty Straehla said. "We are also beginning to experience increased market activity in our sand business."
Adjusted EBITDA of $6.5 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2021.
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Settled customer dispute and received $128 million of consideration, including $90 million in cash. Second quarter revenue totaled $317.3 million. Overall volumes increased 15% sequentially with growth in both Industrial & Specialty Products and Oil & Gas Segments.
US Silica provided their 2Q21 results and guidance for 2H21 this morning. Here is a digestible bullet point summary of the key market intel they shared…
The Company is pleased to report that its Q2 2021 frac and industrial sand sales were 85,242 tons, representing a 42% increase from Q1 2021 sales of 59,970 tons and a 61% increase from Q4 2020.
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E&P earnings season got underway last week. With an eye on takeaways relevant to the drilling and completions market, here’s a quick run down of what we heard, operator-by-operator, from 12 of last week’s calls.
Smidcap pressure pumper earnings season is underway. Over the past few days, we’ve heard from RPC, Liberty, Patterson-UTI, and Calfrac.
After retreating last week, gasoline prices resumed their upward march as the rally in oil markets regained momentum.
This week, Ovintiv reported a significant step up in frac efficiency, and record-high sand volumes pumped, citing as the primary driver their near total adoption of simulfrac in the Permian.
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The port will have the capability of offloading breakbulk shipping containers, dry goods, aggregate sand and liquids as well as having its own on-site facilities for frac water and wastewater treatment, he said. It will have 6 million gallons of liquid storage capacity.
“Australia has several quality silica sand projects that are either in production or progressing through the exploration and development process,” he continued.
The company, in its latest quarterly report, says that the next stage for its Arrowsmith North silica sand project will be to issue tender specifications for processing equipment so that those can be supplied as soon as possible after a decision to mine is made.
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