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:
And now, the news…
Extensive notes from PropX's demo last week along with expectations for the innovative approach going forward.
Unique opportunity to buy a tank terminal situation with river access in Southern Louisiana, and the asset is priced to move quickly.
First pet coke, and now something interesting turned up in patent research.
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.
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.
We look forward to the stories coming out of this teaser.
These orders follow complaints from the agency alleging that Sheffield and Hess separately attempted to collude and communicated with competitors about global oil output.
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.
This week's snow starts to make challenging conditions in the south.
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• Nick Cook, Petroleum Connection
• Tim McMahon, UT Bureau of Economic Geology
• Ryan Hassler, Rystad Energy
• Joseph Triepke, Infill Thinking
• Hayden Gillespie, Black Mountain Sand
• Marcus Morton, Cyber Square
• Adam Katz, Badger Mining Corp.
• Brian McConn, Atlas Energy
• Pete Cook, Petroleum Connection [M]
• Kevin Fisher, PropX
• Bob Carter, IAC
• Chris Cloud, Saber Asset Group
• Ryan Zorn, Liberty Energy
• Sam Reynolds, Marathon Oil [M]
• Aric Christman, Encino Energy
• Charlie Crisp, Crisp Supply Chain Solutions
• Jose Sagaseta, Vorto [M]
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• Sergio Sabatini, OmniTRAX
• Isaiah Martinez, WTS Energy Group
• Rick Pattillo, Lobo Logistics
• Nick Cook, Petroleum Connection
• Kirby Wilkerson, KBW Partners [M]
• Dane Walker, Wall Street Sand Company
• Dr. Anthony Konya, Konya Mining Company
• Jim Otteman, Imperium Enterprises
• William Hitters, CEO, Luxmath Consulting
• Alex Meleshko, LIUM Research [M]
• Matt Oehler, PropX
• Anna Omsberg, SandPile
• Steve Brock, Nomad Proppants
• Nick Cook, Petroleum Connection [M]
• Chris Samanns, Signal Peak Silica
• Dave Frattaroli, High Roller Sand
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