Frac Sand Weekly News Digest

Nick Cook, Editor

Issue #500 | January 22, 2025

500… 500 issues of the Frac Sand Digest have been delivered to the inboxes of thousands of frac sand industry professionals over the past decade. Major industry innovations have changed the landscape: in-basin mining, wet sand, COVID, the Permian’s explosion, proppant size shifts, Dune Express, slurries, mobile mines, boxes/silos/piles, non-silica proppants, etc. A big thank you to all the news/research groups who provide content every week (especially our Infill Thinking friends!)

No matter what… we are here to bring the news to you. And God-willing, we will publish the 1000th digest in another 10 years with whatever exciting innovations happen in between now and then.

This week’s highlights:

  • Another E&P investigating a non-silica proppant? (read more)
  • If anyone wants to buy a priced-to-sell tank farm, I know a guy… (read more)
  • PropX unveils their patented slurry system (read more)
  • Frac sand logistics infrastructure expands in the northeast (read more)

And now, the news…

This Week's News

Get Hosed! PropX Has Proven The Slurry System Works. Now E&Ps Consider Use Cases…

Extensive notes from PropX's demo last week along with expectations for the innovative approach going forward.

Tank Farm for Sale in Louisiana

Unique opportunity to buy a tank terminal situation with river access in Southern Louisiana, and the asset is priced to move quickly.

CCUS Proppant? Another Super Major Is Cooking Up Something Big In Proppant Material Science…

First pet coke, and now something interesting turned up in patent research.

The Aspiring $110 Billion Energy Company Banking on Trump’s Return

U.S. natural-gas exporter Venture Global plans to go public at an auspicious time for the LNG industry, cementing the firm’s meteoric rise.

Marietta Industrial Equipment begins renovation, expansion

The release said the company has been in communications with some of its previous oil and gas exploration customers and they expect to see a return to new well development in late 2025.

Notes from Infill Thinking's Roadtrip to WTX & NM This Week…

We look forward to the stories coming out of this teaser.

Exxon Mobil and Chevron Megadeals Are Cleared of FTC Antitrust Concerns

These orders follow complaints from the agency alleging that Sheffield and Hess separately attempted to collude and communicated with competitors about global oil output.

Formentera Joins EOG in Wildcatting South Texas’ Oily Pearsall Pay

Known in the past as a “heartbreak shale,” Formentera Partners is counting on bigger completions and longer laterals to crack the Pearsall code, Managing Partner Bryan Sheffield said. EOG Resources is also exploring the shale.

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