Frac Sand Weekly News Digest
Nick Cook, Editor
Issue #532 | September 3, 2025
Like the three-day weekend, this digest is short but much needed.
Top highlights for this week:
- First wet sand frac job completed in WCSB (read)
- Rapat Corporation, PropX, and FCI Sand are the latest sponsors for the Frac Sand Conference in November (read), and EDGE Inc. is our latest Event sponsor for the Canadian Summit (read)
- We’re giving away a limited number of FREE E&P passes, so let me know if you or your customer would like to claim (see me looking ridiculous)
- and a lot more of course…
Grab that coffee mug, let’s catch up on the latest.
And now, the news…
This Week's News
Spearhead Sand Achieves Industry First in the WCSB
Spearhead Sand, in partnership with Liberty Energy, is proud to announce the successful completion of Canada’s first wet sand frac for Parallax Energy in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB).
Reading Some Of The Tea Leaves On The Home Stretch Of 2025…
You need to see this leading indicator data for drilling.
Big Expansions Happing in Opal, AB
Check out the details of what Peaskie is working on in their growth mode.
North And West Local Sand Activity Update
If you work in the Bakken, Powder River, Uinta, DJ, or Scoop/Stack basins, you won’t want to miss this intel.
The D&C Slowdown Is Becoming More Concrete
A look at the data showing D&C trends for the short-term outlooks.
Autonomous trucks touted to boost Permian Basin safety, cut costs
An average of 30% of accidents in the Permian Basin involve commercial vehicles, compared to a national average of 10%.
Shale Oil Boom: Global Production on the Rise
Advances in technology and strategic discoveries drive positive trends in global shale oil production.
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