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Inside Frac Sand: The People and Processes Behind Frac Sand Mining By Beverly Suffern Frac sand mining is not new to the industry. However, with the growing popularity of in-basin frac sand mining, some communities are coming face-to-face with something completely new at lightning speed. As with any big change comes questions and concerns –…
Record DUC Wells Equals Record Frac Sand Demand Drilled Uncompleted Wells (DUCs) are reaching record levels according to the EIA. August of 2018 added another 238 DUC wells in the major basins to reach a record 8,269 drilled uncompleted wells in inventory in the United States. The Permian Basin leads the pack with 3,630 DUC…
Permian Basin Frac Sand Demand Skyrocketing Hydraulic fracturing (fracing) operations in the oil-rich Permian Basin have already taken off, leading experts to forecast that the area’s output by 2023 will be double what it was in 2017. This means that fracing investment continues to rise, especially in the materials that are pivotal parts of the…
In 2016, the United States’ dependence on foreign oil hit a 30-year low. This news may have been largely ignored by the average American, but those who remember the oil shortages in the 1970s surely recognized the significance. In 1973, OPEC, the group of (at the time) Arab nations responsible for the majority of the…
Black Mountain Sand is expanding into the Eagle Ford Shale with the acquisition of 2,300 acres in Atascosa County. Construction on our third in-basin frac sand mine will begin immediately with anticipated delivery of our first commercial tons serving South Texas by year-end 2018. Once fully commissioned, the Eagle Ford mine will employ 75 people…