Frac Sand Weekly News Digest

We’re here to bring you the latest news on the frac sand industry: tax clarifications for frac sand modular storage in Texas, large E&P touts savings through direct sourcing, buyer looking for equipment, Canadian OFS worries about potential tariffs on NWS, and more… Momentum is building for the Frac Sand

While there’s some great information to be discussed, the biggest news is Diamondback’s acquisition of Double Eagle. One of the most interesting pieces to us is a look at how M&A is affecting the breakdown of the pressure pumping market. The effects of M&A on the OFS space is definitely

This week’s highlights: Frac sand mines for sales (read and read) Proppant operation deep dives (here, here, and one more) A pressure pumper’s industry analysis (read and read) Lots more inside the digest, so take some time to update yourself. And now, the news…  

This week’s digest is focused on Permian sand data, E&P capex/production plans from supermajors, and frac market analysis from the new captain at major OFS firm (and a frequent speaker at our events). Also, we’ll finishing up the draft agenda for the Frac Sand Update, so please reply to this

Bucket loads of news for you this morning. One of the main market factors we’re chatting about today is the effects of American data center power needs, the disruption of DeepSeek, and the M&A/investment activity of OFS companies into power generation. You ask, “Nick, why does that matter for frac

500… 500 issues of the Frac Sand Digest have been delivered to the inboxes of thousands of frac sand industry professionals over the past decade. Major industry innovations have changed the landscape: in-basin mining, wet sand, COVID, the Permian’s explosion, proppant size shifts, Dune Express, slurries, mobile mines, boxes/silos/piles, non-silica

Q1 is starting to get moving with positive news for the fracking industry. For sand mining in the Permian, the long-awaited Dune Express makes it’s first commercial delivery (read here). Highlights: Infill Thinking does more analysis on pet coke’s potential impact (here and here) Market conditions improve for gas and

We hope everyone had an enjoyable and restful end to 2024. Big “thank you” to all those involved in making sure that wells get fracked and energy supply is kept online, especially those who could not enjoy their holidays because they were out in the field. To start off 2025,

The proppant world has been raising eyebrows over the past week as Exxon unveiled their use of petroleum coke in some of their Permian wells. This planned expansion is going to affect both the demand for sand as well as the need to add additional infrastructure to handle this lightweight

A happy Wednesday morning to you! We’re working on our “most important 2025 frac sand trends” list, so please email us back (nick@petroleumconnection.com) if you have any you think we need to consider.   News this week is light, but here’s a few highlights: Our 5 question survey on you