Frac sand destined for the oil and gas fields piles up at the EOG Resources Inc. processing plant in Chippewa Falls, Wisc. CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. — Largely overlooked in the national debate over ...

Apex 70 Sand, LLC ("Apex 70") has received the Use by Special Review ("USR") permit from the Weld County Board of County Commissioners to advance a 2 million ton per year frac sand facility in the DJ ...

Frack sand acts as a proppant during the process, helping to hold open small seams through which the oil or gas escapes back toward the wellbore. It’s possible to use man-made products such as ...

Fracking essential for U.S. energy security as AI data centers increase power demand, with nine million barrels daily from ...

Over the past decade, demand for silica sand soared as new technology allowed drillers to reach previously untapped oil, much of which was found in the Bakken formation of North Dakota, with a process ...

Anyone hoping to start a frac sand mining operation in Winona County will need to put their plans on hold — at least for now. In a 3-2 vote, the Winona County Board of Commissioners passed a ...

A fundamental transformation is underway in oil and gas production in the United States. Hydraulic-fracturing, known also as “fracking,” combined with horizontal drilling in oil-rich shales promises a ...

A new, record-breaking conveyor belt is changing how sand is transported for hydraulic fracturing across the southwest United ...

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 ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Six-year-low crude oil prices have decimated new drilling ...