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A big study was recently released finding favorably for Northern White Sand vs. in-basin sand. See what some smart completions engineers with ties to in-basin sand think here… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If your …

In this time of business turmoil, operational issues can seem like an afterthought. In a piece several weeks ago, we presented data showing how the pandemic and oil price crash have distracted industry leaders from critical field development optimization issues. In this update, we argue that it’s time to get …

Setting aside what we all know about frac sand demand in 2Q20 (volumes are terrible), there are some interesting gives and takes at play when it comes to Northern White Sand (NWS) vs local sand market share trends this quarter. Check this out…   Login to see the full update… …

On New Year’s eve, we sent a newsletter. Despite the holiday, it was one of our most opened and shared newsletters of 2019. Why? It introduced a new idea with disruptive potential. Just when we all thought the frac sand was sufficiently disrupted by the advent and maturation of in-basin …

We listened to four public frac sand company conference calls last week. Here are the polished market intel points that we screened out from the raw feedstock of these calls. Feature image: Stack Sizer® wet sizing frac sand, courtesy of Derrick Corporation Login to see the full update… To read …

In this update, we’ve carefully curated eight notable frac sand market datapoints, most of which came to light in the past seven days. These are mostly skimmed from… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If your …

Rough start to frac sand earnings season – a start inline with the implications of Union Pacific’s earnings a couple weeks back. US Silica’s stock performance on their earnings release this morning (-30% intraday) reminds us this morning that bad news is never priced until it happens. Login to see …

Our guest author today formed a sand hauling outfit with just a couple trucks in early-2015, just as oil prices began to plunge. He has spent his entire life in and around trucks, and has a genuine passion for the trucking industry that is evident in the “state of the …

We caught up with a sand producing management for an update on their Haynesville plant and the latest details on in-basin market trends. There’s a lot more to this story… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If your free trial has expired, …

I don’t say this often, but this op-ed guest post is a must-read. It might be a wake up call for some folks. It’ll no doubt serve as confirmation for others. And while some of the piece is controversial, I suspect that more readers than not will be nodding their …