Industrial Minerals


Halliburton to invest $20m in new frac sand terminal

24 January 2012

by John Ollett

US oil services group plans to start building the facility in Colorado during Q1

Keywords: Halliburton, frac sand, silica sand, oilfield services

Halliburton Co. plans to start building a new storage terminal for frac sand in Colorado, US, during the first quarter of 2012.

Halliburton, a major provider of fracturing materials to the US oil industry, expects the facility to cost $20m and start operations in the second quarter.

The sand storage terminal will be built on...