fracking
High demand for frac sand
The market is back and bigger than ever, and it isn’t showing signs of slowing anytime soon. Keep Reading
Report: Good growth expected for Canadian silica
Canadian industrial silica sand demand is projected to rise 6.7 percent each year over the next several years. Keep Reading
Alpine Silica to build two new frac sand plants
The plants will be in Van Horn, Texas, and Fay, Oklahoma. Keep Reading
Proppant demand to grow steadily through decade’s end
Demand for proppants in North America is forecast to increase 7.6 percent annually through 2019 to 162 billion lbs., according to a Freedonia Group Inc. study. The Freedonia Group values the demand at $8.2 billion. The market research firm says… Keep Reading
BCC report indicates growth in hydraulic proppants
BCC Research announced in its report, “Fracking Proppants: Global Markets,” that increasing industrialization has resulted in significant growth in demand for hydraulic proppants. According to the report, growing industrialization has led to an increased need for energy with expansion being… Keep Reading
Frac sand producers face uncertainty with positivity
Earlier this fall PacWest Consulting Partners, a company that forecasts sand demand, projected sand use would grow by 20 percent in 2015. However, now that oil prices have fallen, many sand fracking companies are retrenching, says an article in The… Keep Reading
Report says communities at risk from fracking
According to a report by the Civil Society Institute, the Environmental Working Group and Midwest Environmental Advocates, as fracking continues to spread, so could the need for strip-mining the sand needed for the process, which could introduce risks to water,… Keep Reading
Morgan Stanley forecasts increased demand for frac sand
According to an article in Business Insider, Morgan Stanley forecasts sand demand growth of 96 percent in 2016 from 2013. Morgan Stanley’s Ole Slorer, Benjamin Swomley, and Connor Lynagh write that exploration and production (E&P) companies have discovered that when… Keep Reading
Press applicable to proppant used in fracking
Wabash MPI's new Genesis Series proppant crush test press is designed for use with sand, resin-coated sand and ceramic proppant used in the fracking process. The Model G28-12-PCR-X press offers compression force ranging from 2 to 28 tons and has… Keep Reading
