Frac Sand Weekly News Digest
Nick Cook, Editor
Issue #509 | March 26, 2025
Proppant volumes hit record high amidst the IEA calling for more energy demand going forward due to rising temperatures. Amidst all that, sand haulers get another headache, proppant trends are the key indicators of growth, and much more.
The year’s Frac Sand Update is looking to be a fantastic Spring event to help your team stay on the right path for 2025. With stronger E&P presence, solid speakers, and great buy-in from all across the sand supply-chain, this will be the best one-day event of your Spring (Houston, 4/9).
Recently, IAC, EnDeCo Engineering, and O’Melveny have all come aboard as supporting event sponsors! There’s STILL time to grab a table if you’re interested in being an event supporter.
But now, grab your coffee, put your phone on Do Not Disturb, and take 5-7 minutes to update yourself on everything going on in the frac sand world.
And now, the news…
This Week's News
Despite Soft Rig & Crew Counts, Proppant Is At Record Highs
This metric for proppant is unreal.
Rising Temperatures Drive Surge in Energy Demand, IEA Says
Emerging and developing economies accounted for more than 80% of the increase last year
PRICE REDUCED! 6-Pack of Sand Silos on Trailers
Price dramatically reduced to $199K for the entire set. Call for individual silo pricing.
Another Sand Hauler Headache Emerging In Early-2025
Another challenge in the stressed-out trucking market has popped up often from various carriers.
Advanced drilling technologies boost Eagle Ford productivity
Oil price fluctuations and an expected increase in demand for U.S. LNG exports have led many operators in the Eagle Ford to switch to higher gas yielding acreage.
Follow The Sand To Know Where Oil And Gas Goes
If you don't have access to this data, you're lagging in your knowledge.
Case studies applying a wellbore-proppant simulator in the Midland Basin, Montney, and Bakken Shale Plays
"Based on these case studies, we identified several opportunities to improve the simulator physics – by accounting for perforation ‘inline’ effects, including random variance in erosion coefficient, and increasing the amount of proppant suspension."
Frackers, Once Jubilant, Are Unnerved by Trump’s First Weeks in Office
The new administration’s job cuts, tariffs and push for lower energy prices are creating a more uncertain world for its friends in the oil industry
When Will Tight Oil Production Growth Roll Over? Analyzing A Key Determinant For The OFS Business Cycle
Macro-views on predicting activity and OFS outlook.
Exxon’s Dan Ammann: Bullish on LNG as Permian Drilling Enters ‘New Phase’
Dan Ammann, Exxon Mobil’s new upstream president, is bullish on the long-term role of LNG in meeting global energy demand. He also sees advantages of scale in the Permian Basin.
Public E&P Well Data Analysis 1Q25
This is the final installment in the series and focuses on well data disclosed by the E&Ps for 2025 programs including costs, lat length, design, and productivity as well as counts for spuds, fracs and TILs as available.
Oil Firms Seize Chance to Fight State Climate Laws—With Trump’s Help
Industry hopes to put its legal woes on the president’s radar as it faces mounting threats from lawsuits and local regulators
In Other News… Family Values, Crew Releases, E&P M&A Confirmation, A Silo Cave-In, H2O Trends & more…
Several other noteworthy items crossed our desk that are worth a mention for folks in frac…
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