Frac Sand Weekly News Digest

On the early morning of Sunday, January 12th, a commercial proppant delivery occurred at our End-of-Line facility utilizing the 42-mile Dune Express conveyor system.

An interesting perspective and angle that local sand miners could use as another offering as Exxon's pet coke usage sparks engineering questions for other operators.

Looking ahead, an additional 60 GW of capacity is anticipated in the US by 2035 based on announced projects, with power use from these facilities expected to rise from 130 TWh in 2023 to up to 450 TWh.

Graph charting the efficiency gains alongside an explanation of why we see such dramatic improvement.

The measures are expected to disrupt oil trade with China and India, potentially forcing the Kremlin’s top buyers to seek alternative supplies.

5 key takeaways on the actual effectiveness of pet coke (according to a sample group).

After months of weaker growth, oil demand picked up in the fourth quarter of last year, rising by 1.5 million barrels a day.

For anyone looking to understand how oil/gas price fluctuations will affect each basin, this is a vital graph/analysis for thinking about growth/retraction.

The president-elect is gearing up to help the fossil-fuel industry with initiatives seeking to boost oil and overturn tailpipe rules.

The Dune Express is a feat of engineering and creative determination that stands out uniquely in the frac sand industry and the fracking industry as a whole.

The heavy-handed approach to “discouraging” fossil fuel production and usage has been quite problematic. In 2018, during a prior major cold front, New England actually had to import natural gas from Russia in order to satisfy its needs.

In this update, a round up of 6 quick hits you should know about if you participate in the frac supply chain…