Frac Sand Weekly News Digest

The appeal is the latest act in a five-year legal saga that spans two administrations, multiple courts, and shifting markets for the high-quality Wisconsin sand used to extract oil and gas from deep rock formations.

Continued efficiency improvements are expected to be critical for natural gas and oil producers in the Permian Basin this year as cost inflation for oilfield services (OFS) takes full effect.

Lium Research’s frac forecast data models to incorporate an $85 crude assumption over our forecast period (through 2023) in comparison with $70 crude.

Shale-oil companies are using almost all of the frac equipment and crews available as exploration expands, accelerating cost inflation and pointing to worsening supply-chain disruptions across the industry.

Shale-oil companies are using almost all of the fracking equipment and crews available as exploration expands, accelerating cost inflation and pointing to worsening supply-chain disruptions across the industry.

Halliburton’s conference call this week echoed research presented in Infill Thinking’s recent stream on completions trends around pricing, materials and logistics.

O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Smart Sand were worth $332,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Analysis of projected rig counts in relation to DUC inventory – how does permitting compare with rig count and DUCs?

It is the second application for fracking in the region since a moratorium on the practice was lifted in 2018, with a proposal from Texan-based Black Mountain Energy currently under assessment by the EPA.

Green policies have driven up the continent's reliance on foreign supplies of fossil fuels, sacrificing the continent's energy security and handing Vladimir Putin a bargaining chip that experts warn he will now use to hold the continent to ransom over Ukraine.

Shortfalls in countries such as Nigeria and Iraq raise questions about whether output increases are enough to quell markets.

The operator of the Wressle oil well in North Lincolnshire has said production could reach 1,543 barrels per day.

Looking ahead, the objective of the well is to successfully expand the greater Thorsby area, providing cash flow generation, reserves growth and drilling inventory in a meaningful way to the company.