Frac Sand Weekly News Digest
Nick Cook, Editor
Issue #535 | September 24, 2025
Our latest digest before the Petroleum Connection team hits the road next week!
- On Monday/Tuesday, we’ll be catching the Permian Power Conference in Midland, TX as a proud Media Partner. Our digest readers can get a special rate by sending Pete Cook an email for a discounted registration (pete@petroleumconnection.com)
- On Wednesday/Thursday, we’ll be hosting the Canadian Frac Sand Summit in Calgary, AB! With 100+ folks coming, this is the best networking and content for the Canadian Frac Sand Space. It’s not too late to sign up. Check out our agenda, get registered, and come hang out with us and our Canadian friends next Thursday.
Lots of interesting stories this week as PropX does a media push on “hydrohauling” technique. If you want to hear more about it, come to the Frac Sand Conference in November where it’ll be on the agenda to be sure. Also, a number of looks at the leading indicators for where future D&C is headed.
And now, the news…
This Week's News
Fracking Hose Innovation: Hydrohauling Replaces Sand Trucks
Granted, it's written from an industrial hose publication's perspective, but great and detailed information on this technique.
Well At Least This Key Metric Isn’t Falling As Fast As Before…
You need to see this leading indicator data for drilling.
California Wants to Halt Oil Industry Exodus After Years of Climate Focus
A year after they broke up via text, California and Chevron finally reconnected by phone.
3 Interesting Frac Market Wrinkles To Watch As The Cliff Looms
It’s hard to believe, but the fourth quarter is now less than 2 weeks away. Some important frac market trends as we head into it…
Geothermal fracking is heating up in 2025
Service companies already own the horsepower — pumps, proppant logistics, fiber-optic diagnostics — while field crews know how to stage-frac, monitor microseismic and handle live-well pressures.
New hydrohauling tech aims to quiet well sites, cut truck traffic
Wet or dry sand is metered precisely into a slurry and pumped into a fit-for-purpose lay-flat hose that is run to the well site by following the right of way the exploration and production company has already acquired for water transfer.
The Next Big Thing In Energy Speculation Is Blurring Industry Sector Lines
An emerging trend focused on the data center buildout is blurring industry lines between oilfield and tech…
ExxonMobil's Permian Push: Leveraging Technology for Production Growth
Pet coke helps make the biggest even bigger.
The E-Fleet Orderbook Finally Takes A Breather…
Insight on a key trend in frac hydraulic horsepower supply and mix.
Gary Cain, ex-state senator's co-defendant, gets 5-month jail sentence
In 2018, a federal jury convicted Cain on nine felony counts related to his involvement with FourWinds Logistics Inc., a company that purportedly bought and sold sand used in fracking but was actually a "sham operation".
Developmental Capex Is Not Keeping Up With Acreage Swelling Via M&A
A discussion of the trends affecting a key oilfield activity driver.
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