Forbes

The Pursuit Of Proppant – Unheralded But Significant Ingredient In Fracking Operations.

Fracking operations along the Front Range of Colorado. Fracking operations are at the center of the shale revolution which has transformed the US energy picture in the past 20 years. Fracking has also ...
WSPA

Proppant Choice at the Oil Well Drives Efficient Operations: In-Basin Sand is Cheaper Upfront, but Quickly Erodes Cash Flow and Profitability

SPRING, Texas, June 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Smart Sand, Inc., a leading provider of sand, wellsite technology, and logistics solutions to the energy industry, (NASDAQ: SND) announces a ...
Oil

Lightweight proppants improve completion

PetCoke LWP, derived from petroleum coke, offers a lightweight, chemically stable proppant that enhances fracture reach and production uplift without requiring special pumping procedures. Field trials ...
Business Wire

TSS Expands its Leading Proppant and Logistics Solutions Platform with the Acquisition of Sand Revolution

FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Total Sand Solution (“TSS”), one of the nation’s preeminent leaders in oilfield proppant logistics, announced today that it has acquired Sand Revolution. Based in ...
Business Wire

Performance Proppants Announces the Addition of Two New Haynesville Shale Frac Sand Facilities, Increasing Local Supply by 3.5 Million Tons

BOSSIER CITY, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Performance Proppants, LLC (“The Company”) today announced that it has reached an agreement to purchase a 1,200 acre deposit (“Merryville”) in Merryville, Louisiana ...
Morningstar

Flood of Low-Cost Supply Swamps Our Frac Sand Valuations

We have lowered our fair value estimates for the frac sand companies we cover to reflect recent industry developments, most notably deteriorating pricing in the face of continued low-cost sand ...