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February 2019
13 February 2019
The nascent fracking industry in the UK is facing stringent controls on road traffic and seismic activity, stalling a potential increase in demand for sand.
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01 February 2019
To better reflect the growing frac sand market in the United States, Fastmarkets is adding three new Northern White Sand price assessments to track the finer mesh sizes now being used in the fracking industry.
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01 February 2019
Industrial Minerals is launching three Northern white sand frac prices as of today.
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January 2019
31 January 2019
Frac sand producer Hi-Crush saw fourth-quarter sales plummet in 2018, but has a more upbeat outlook for 2019.
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31 January 2019
Frac sand buyer STC is trying to "walk away" from an offtake deal, Smart Sands alleges.
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31 January 2019
New deal in the Eagle Ford basin suggests there is still a place for out-of-basin sand in the oil extraction sector.
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31 January 2019
Aggregates miner Athabasca is moving to dominate the Western Canadian frac sand market.
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29 January 2019
Frac sand miner Hi-Crush has signed a long-term offtake deal to supply sand to the shale-oil basins in the Northeastern US.
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28 January 2019
Low oil prices in the US could stall the recovery in frac sand demand that was forecast for 2019.
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25 January 2019
US miner Hi-Crush is idling one facility and bringing another out of suspension in response to a geographic shift in demand.
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22 January 2019
Well stimulation has sharply declined in the United States, with oilfield companies putting frac fleets on standby, suggesting diminishing frac sand demand.
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11 January 2019
US miner Vista has signed an offtake deal for fine-mesh frac sand with oilfield services company Chesapeake.
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08 January 2019
High-Crush's fourth-quarter frac sand sales missed expectations by a wide margin, with the number of well completions falling concurrent with a weakened WTI oil price.
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07 January 2019
The frac sand miner Smart Sand has initiated legal proceedings against Schlumberger for allegedly falling behind on the pace of its contracted sand purchases.
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07 January 2019
The outlook for frac sand prices this year looks less certain than ever after US oil prices took a downturn.
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04 January 2019
A round-up of the year’s main events in the global frac sand market.