Frac Sand Weekly News Digest
Nick Cook, Editor
Issue #550 | January 28, 2026
Good evening and thank you for reading the frac sand digest! It was a cold one last week, but we’re here to follow up with the latest news.
Tarmac International is our most recent Reception sponsor for the 11th Frac Sand Update this March 24th in Houston! General registration is open now too, and we’re about to announce some of our exciting speakers and topics.
And now, the news…
This Week's News
New Role for E&P’s Former Sand Man: US Industrial Exchange
USIE is happy to announce the formal joining of Sam Reynolds serving as USIE’s President and Chief Strategy Officer.
At Least Half The US Frac Fleet Forced To Stand Down
This arctic storm was even worse than advertised for the oilfield, mainly due to icy roads that halted frac in its tracks.
Natural-Gas Prices Soar as U.S. Braces for Arctic Blast
Natural-gas prices have jumped 63% last week in response to forecasts calling for some of the coldest, snowiest weather in years to freeze the country from the West Texas desert to the Great Lakes.
Consolidation Nation: Rumors, Roll-Ups, And Rising Sun Capital
Our data team shares a data tool for understanding consolidation.
Chris Wright on U.S. Energy Strategy
The U.S. Secretary of Energy discusses the state of the global energy sector, including a growing divergence between American and European policies.
Halliburton Sees No Seasonal Frac Rebound In Q1
HAL’s CEO had a lot to say about the frac outlook this week and here’s what caught our ear…
HAL LinkedIn Post
The details behind the ZEUS project at the sheer volume of sand handled by their team.
The Struggle Is Real
From Infill Thinking: Titled The Struggle Is Real, the presentation documents current conditions, recent trends, and the 2026 outlook from our many industry-leading data products covering shale OFS supply, demand, activity indicators, and pricing.
One of the Biggest Filtration M&A Stories of 2025
Atlas Energy Solutions Inc acquired Propflow LLC, a US provider of patented on-wellsite proppant filtration technology.
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