Frac Sand Weekly News Digest

Two big frac sand M&A announcements this week and both in NWS space (had to rewrite this after hours last night just to get you the breaking news) Iron Oak Energy absorbs another sand operation: HC Minerals. While some of you may not recognize the name, this was Hi-Crush’s NWS

Bankruptcy comes back to the frac sand space, and while this particular one took us a little off guard, we think this is a bump in the road for this operator but is likely not going to have much for long-term effects. In other news, Exxon continues to promote more

Big M&A news from different legs of the frac sand supply chain: Atlas Energy acquires PropFlow (read), and UP and Norfolk Southern announce intention to merge (read).   As July wraps up and we start peering into autumn’s frac sand events, we are pleased to announce Superior Belt Filters as

Breaking news for NWS and the Canadian frac sand market as the counter-tariff relief is put in place for frac sand being imported into the growing Canadian markets (a theme at the Canadian Summit to be sure).   Other interesting stories about the effect of immigration policies on OFS (read),

Optimism is always welcome, and we’re starting to see some of it this week.   Some highlights: Optimism (read here and here) Canadian domestic sand is expecting a boom (read here) Another frac sand conveyor being deployed (read here)   And now, the news…

Quick afternoon highlights from the past week in the frac sand industry with major shale highlights around the globe.   (Also, despite the holiday weekend, the team at Endura Paint partnered up with us as another GOLD sponsor for November’s conference. Thank you!)   And now, the news…

Happy Independence Day to our American readers, happy Canada Day to our Canadian readers, happy (week early) Independence Day to our Argentinian readers, and happy early July to everyone else.   This week’s news is pretty short, so you can get updated and wrap up everything else pretty quickly. So, before

I guess the craziness is over as fast as it began with oil now back where we started (as most folks were fairly confident would happen). Lots of good stories to keep you updated including another change to the TX sales tax on sand and a $16M line of credit

The Middle East shifts to even more war-torn than usual, and the markets shake. However, as many of us have read, this welcome boost to oil reflects only a momentary blip as the global powers evaluate the potential risks. Given the Saudi/OPEC readiness to take market share from US frackers,

Catch up with the latest frac sand industry news this week: new patented wellsite solution, Iowa sand mine looks to dramatically increase water use, rail leader gets a promotion on account of frac sand, and more!   Also, we’re excited to announce that Tarmac International is a Gold sponsor at