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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 30—Except for the oil and natural gas themselves, one of the oilfield's hottest commodities these days is the sand used to ...

TheIzaak Walton Leagueinvited advocates on both sides of the frac-sand issue to the group's meeting in Rochester on Saturday. Surprisingly, both sides shared some common ground. Frac-sand moratorium ...

Venture brings together two of the largest names in U.S. frac sand production to provide integrated delivery solution. OmniTRAX, the second-largest operator of short-line railroads in the U.S., is ...

During field trials, PetroChina successfully installed screenless frac-pack completions to control proppant flow-back, thereby extending the life of marginally producing wells in Jidong oil fields.

A dump truck hauls a load of sand from the Sand Products of Wisconsin mine near Whitehall to its processing and loading facility. Despite new competition, Wisconsin’s frac sand industry has come ...

The Minnesota Environmental Quality Board has posted the proposed agenda for its Wed., September 19, 1:00-4:00 p.m. meeting in the MPCA Board Room, 520 Lafayette Road, St. Paul. According to the ...

(Bloomberg) -- Bumping along the desolate highways of the Permian Basin, the world’s busiest oil field, there are long stretches where all you see are drilling rigs, sage brush and miles upon miles of ...

Frac sand production has increased seven-fold in the past decade, according to the United States Geological Survey. Thomas Dolley, a mineral commodity specialist at the USGS, said he can’t divulge ...

A pumpjack and a Yellowjacket Oilfield Services fracking rig sit next to Highway 191 in Midland County. (Odessa American File Photo) Except for the oil and natural gas themselves, one of the ...

Western Wisconsin sand mines have been around for decades, but according to the U.S. Geological Survey, production of industrial sand jumped 10-fold between 2010 and 2014, as advances in hydraulic ...

Nov. 30—Except for the oil and natural gas themselves, one of the oilfield's hottest commodities these days is the sand used to fracture or "frac" the bedrock formations and loosen them up for ...