Frac Sand Weekly News Digest

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

I hope you enjoyed your thanksgiving celebrations last week! This evening’s digest is fairly brief, but there are some great stories we’re bringing you this week: A new mine looks to enter Appalachia as an in-basin player Trucking data for frac sand hauling fleets New partnership between bulk material handling

Normally, you’re used to this digest coming to you Wednesday morning; however, with the business/busyness of the 13th Frac Sand Conference this week, we’re just now compiling everything for you.   Based on the ingenuity, the grit, and the energy of the 350+ folks with us in San Antonio this

Will you be one of the 300+ folks with us in San Antonio next week for the 13th Annual Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference? We are honored to get to host the main gathering for our industry year-after-year.   The scrappy continue to fight and to win in our

With the announcement of Donald Trump winning the US presidential election, oil dipped slightly while nat gas long-term futures increased. Both of which were expected, and we’ll have to see the long-term ramifications. Although the win is likely to decrease the barriers of entry for fracking, what we’ve seen under