Frac Sand Weekly News Digest
Nick Cook, Editor
Issue #517 | May 21, 2025
As we get ready for the Memorial Day Weekend and the unofficial start of summer, here’s the latest from the frac sand industry. Important stories about proposed driverless trucking bans, peak shale(?), big legislative piece to hit frac sand sales in TX, and much more.
Amongst the BBQ, cold beer, and good times with family & friends, let’s remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for freedom.
And now, the news…
This Week's News
A HUGE New Development For Texas Frac Sand Sales… Here’s What We Know.
A massive paradigm shift is in the works that could affect Texas frac sand in a huge way.
U.S. Drillers Say Peak Shale Has Arrived
Lower oil prices are expected to precipitate a decrease in crude output that won’t easily be reversed
Texas proposes driverless truck ban as Uber Freight, Hirschbach partnership takes off
State lawmakers are reviewing a bill that would ban fully driverless trucks in Texas.
Frac’ing & Drilling Plans For 42 E&Ps
After recent Public operator company reports this earnings season, this article contains a summary about their D&C programs in 2025 with a focus on current and future rig and frac crew activity (or variables that inform such).
Liberty Chief: Pullback in Rigs, Frac Crews Not ‘Catastrophic’
Liberty Energy CEO Ron Gusek said that volatility will lead to some reductions in activity and companies can prepare now, but 2026 is murkier: “We’ll have to be ready.”
Empire bolsters Beetaloo NT gas ambitions with $28M raise
The capital injection will turbocharge the hydraulic stimulation and flow testing of Empire’s record-breaking Carpentaria-5H well, the longest horizontal well in the Beetaloo Sub-basin at a whopping 3310 metres.
Frac Sand Plant Activity Trends By Region
Some big picture takeaways for all Infill Thinking members from another important data release provided to Lium data clients.
LinkedIn Post: Rhett Bennett
"Unreal. Hat tip to all the Shale Bros. Never been anything like it before."
David Nightingale: Transforming the Proppant Logistics Industry at CIG Logistics
As CEO of CIG Logistics, David Nightingale has been instrumental in steering the company through significant growth and innovation.
SHALE SLUMP SIGNALS: Key Datapoints In 6th Week Since Oil Crash
The weekly oilfield signals and datapoints that reveal shale market direction.
Gulf Coast may be sitting on more undiscovered oil and gas than we thought
According to a USGS news release, the Hosston and Travis Peak formations under the western Gulf Coast states could yield as much as 28 million barrels of oil and nearly 36 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
Takeaways From Our Industry Conversations In Fort Worth This Week
Here are some OFS market observations that came up.
EOG Goes Desert Wildcatting in UAE Shale Play
The block sits in an over-pressured basin—code for "this thing could gush if we get it right"—and EOG is wasting no time. Drilling is slated for the second half of 2025, though the company insists its 2025 capital plan won’t budge.
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