Local in-field sand supplies have decreased fracture treatment costs in the Permian basin. Further cost reductions are achieved by eliminating sand drying, leaving the sand at residual 4-6% water ...

Adopting next-generation pump power, wet sand, and dry chemicals reduces fracturing emissions by about 30%. SLB conducted a lifecycle assessment of emissions from typical US fracturing operations. The ...

The ‘mega-frac’ is turning the typically annoying sand of West Texas into the new gold, and the oil and gas land rush on the Permian Basin has now extended into the dry, gritty sand that only a year ...

Demand for sand to be used by the oil and gas industry in hydraulic fracturing operations in the US is set to grow by 10% in 2019 and 17% in 2020, said a report. According to Rystad Energy, frac sand ...

There’s a race raging in West Texas – not just for more oil, but for sand. A sand mining industry has emerged in West Texas that was virtually nonexistent a decade ago thanks to the rise of hydraulic ...