Frac Sand Weekly News Digest

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

E&P M&A headlines take a lot of the news this past week, both newly minted deals and the hottest takes off the rumor mill. We’re particularly interesting in the impact on NE OFS with Encino falling under the EOG umbrella (read some key notes here).   As the weather starts

Light on the news this week coming off the long weekend, but some great stories. Breaking down the size and scope of materials needed to frack a modern well The evolution of frac sand supply chain over the past 15 years Examining the potential for a northeast nat gas pipeline

As we get ready for the Memorial Day Weekend and the unofficial start of summer, here’s the latest from the frac sand industry. Important stories about proposed driverless trucking bans, peak shale(?), big legislative piece to hit frac sand sales in TX, and much more.   Amongst the BBQ, cold

A happy Wednesday morning to you! Mixed signals on the macro market, but it looks like folks are tightening their belts a bit while by no means shouting “mayday”.   However, one interesting theme keeps returning to us: seizing the smaller fish. A little operational cost savings here, a little

We’ve been spending the past few days catching up with a few contacts getting ready for November’s frac sand conference. Momentum is building for what is always the best frac sand gathering of the year! You can register now to lock-in the early bird registration rate.   Major stories this

Highlights over the past week: New wellsite sand handling innovation One E&P is bucking the trend and committing to “drill, baby, drill” A key person from our frac sand agenda over the years is taking over the commercial side at a big sand operation So much more within…   Grab