Nick Cook, Editor
Good afternoon! Busy week behind the scenes from our end, and the news cycle is fairly light. However, a few highlights: Tarmac International is our latest Gold sponsor for September’s Frac Sand Conference in San Antonio! Canadian domestic silica sand provider is getting into the frac sand space with prominent
As the tense “ceasefire” becomes a thing, we are waiting to see how E&Ps respond. Will we see validation of the “wait it out” strategy? Will we see an increased production regardless at WTI is still $95+ as of publishing? Regardless, the medium-term outlook for certain basins of proppant
This week, there’s been more and more talk about oil pricing and when the heck US E&Ps are going to start increasing production. If you were at last week’s Frac Sand Update, you know exactly why we’re not seeing the same reactivity to high prices that we saw in 2022.
Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for the 11th Frac Sand Update! It was another full room and lots of great conversations with industry friends. A key theme was the Middle Eastern war (of course) with mixed reactions and perspectives, balancing the advantage of potential increased activity versus
We’re busy ramping everything up for next Tuesday’s gathering in Houston (if you’re not registered, you still can). Our contacts are all getting excited, and we are pleased with the representation from all throughout the biggest segments of the frac sand supply & demand chain. This week: Lots of
Just TWO weeks out from the Frac Sand Update. Now more than ever is the time to sit down and have an in-person conversation about what changes are actually happening in the oilfield, frac sand, and the whole proppant supply chain. We’re expecting around 125+ serious industry folks to be
Top headlines this evening: So there’s a war if you haven’t heard (read and read) Northern proppant companies Smart Sand and Source Energy are both report strong outcomes (read and read) Dry sand piles? (read) And a lot more… 3 weeks out, and registrations are picking up quickly for
Top headlines this afternoon: A few articles about MidCon supply/demand (here and here) A positive outlook on the price of oil? (I’d like to read that) Atlas Energy posted a good rebound for Q4 from their Q3 (read) Wallstreet Sand Co. invested serious cash in their operations last quarter (read)
Top headlines this morning: Lots of articles about autonomous driving (read) Ovintiv sells their Anadarko assets for $3 billion (read) Nat gas basins are telling a different story than oil heavy basins (read) And a lot more… Many speakers and topics are now live for the Frac Sand Update,
Top headlines this morning: Details on the 2 million TPY frac sand mine coming to the DJ (read) As US shale has matured, eager wildcatters use their passports (read) OFS company files for bankruptcy (read) And a lot more… We’re a month and a half away from the Frac
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Evening open for client dinners and networking
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• Nick Cook, VP, Petroleum Connection
• Ryan Hassler, Vice President, Rystad Energy
• Joseph Triepke, Founder, Infill Thinking (M)
• Ron Gusek, CEO, Liberty Energy
• Matt Greenwood, CCO, PF Holdings
• Greg Lanham, President, TSS
• Tim Ondrak, SVP, Atlas Energy Solutions
• Kevin Fisher, CEO, PropX
• Joy Lanham, CEO, KLM Logistics (Moderator)
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• Bob Carter, SVP, IAC (Moderator)
• Alex Aldach, Continuous Improvement Manager, Freedom Proppant
• Chris Ellis, CEO, Assured Integration
• Walter Dale, Principal, Grayline Solutions
• Anthony Ropkin, IT Data Analytics Manager, Liberty Energy
• Brandon Foster, CEO, Wallstreet Sand Co.
• Ozair Shahid, Senior Category Manager, Halliburton
• Karl Klanke, Founder, Marabou Midstream (M)
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• Ron Heap, President, Tarmac International
• Tom Zhang, Head Engineer, Optimus Solutions
• Pat McKinnon, Director - Credit & New Markets, Marabou Midstream
• Sam Reynolds, President, USIX
• Candace Rowell, Senior Category Manager, Expand Energy
• John Young, COO, Smart Sand
• Joe Cessar, EVP, Badger Mining Corp
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• Josh Riso, Director - Supply Chain, Liberty Energy
• Jacob Pruitt, Plant Manager, Expand Energy
• Ryan McMaster, CCO, Delta Sands
• Joe O'Rourke, Business Development, Cyber Square
• Eddie Oliva, Director of Client Success, MSHA Safety Services
• Kyle Carrick, Co-Founder, SWS Sand
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- Joseph Triepke, Infill Thinking [M]
- Greg Lanham, President, Sand Revolution
- Joseph Triepke, Infill Thinking [M]
- Steve Brock, Nomad Proppants
- John Young, Smart Sand
- Ryan McMaster, Delta Sands
- Pete Cook, Petroleum Connection [M]
- Sanjiv Shah, Piper Sandler
- Charlie Crisp, Crisp Supply Chain Solutions [M]
- Steven Anderson, HighPeak Energy
- Frank Zamora, Premier Corex
- Jason Schumacher, O'Melveny
- Yuri Berajano, Consultant [M[
- Greg Garcia, Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure
- Ron Gair, Nexmile
- Michael Montgomery, Detmar Logistics
- Nick Cook, Petroleum Connection [M]
- Matt Oehler, PropX
- Joe O'Rourke, Cyber Square [M]
- Chris Samanns, Signal Peak Silica
- Corey Donaldson, ProFrac
- Paul Sheperd, FCI Sand
- Billy Smith, Superior Silica Sand
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- Alex Meleshko, LIUM Research [M]
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- William Hitters, Luxmath Consulting
- Juan Rendo, YPF
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• Tim McMahon, UT Bureau of Economic Geology
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• Joseph Triepke, Infill Thinking
• Hayden Gillespie, Black Mountain Sand
• Marcus Morton, Cyber Square
• Adam Katz, Badger Mining Corp.
• Brian McConn, Atlas Energy
• Pete Cook, Petroleum Connection [M]
• Kevin Fisher, PropX
• Bob Carter, IAC
• Chris Cloud, Saber Asset Group
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• Sam Reynolds, Marathon Oil [M]
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• Jose Sagaseta, Vorto [M]
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• Isaiah Martinez, WTS Energy Group
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• Dane Walker, Wall Street Sand Company
• Dr. Anthony Konya, Konya Mining Company
• Jim Otteman, Imperium Enterprises
• William Hitters, CEO, Luxmath Consulting
• Alex Meleshko, LIUM Research [M]
• Matt Oehler, PropX
• Anna Omsberg, SandPile
• Steve Brock, Nomad Proppants
• Nick Cook, Petroleum Connection [M]
• Chris Samanns, Signal Peak Silica
• Dave Frattaroli, High Roller Sand
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