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Global Energy News magazine announces the winners of the 2019 Oil & Gas Awards Black Mountain Sand is among the 18 other winners from the US that have received an award of recognition in this global award. They were awarded: Best In-Basin Frac Sand Provider 2019 Most Innovative Proppant Solutions Company 2019 As the world…
Inside Frac Sand: The People and Processes Behind Frac Sand Mining By Beverly Suffern Frac sand mining is not new to the industry. However, with the growing popularity of in-basin frac sand mining, some communities are coming face-to-face with something completely new at lightning speed. As with any big change comes questions and concerns –…
In-Basin Sand Cost-Savings in Oklahoma’s Anadarko Basin The adoption of in-basin sand has been wide-scale and swift––and for good reason. In-basin sand delivers significant cost savings, which can have a profound effect on a well’s economic potential. For SCOOP/STACK/Cana-Woodford producers, including Black Mountain Sand’s Watonga White™ sand in their completion designs can deliver upwards of…
2018 in the Rearview Mirror for Black Mountain Sand Mid-year 2017, nothing existed along East TX-302 thirty-minutes west of Kermit, Texas except desert ranch land. Today, Vest and El Dorado, Black Mountain Sand’s flagship in-basin frac sand facilities, operate 24/7 to help serve the needs of customers throughout the Permian Basin. Constructed and commissioned over…
Sharing the Spirit of Giving! A big THANK YOU to our team for pitching in to bring a little more joy to our corners of the world! Central Texas Black Mountain Sand employees in Fort Worth worked with the Women’s Center of Tarrant County in sponsoring families in need by fulfilling their toy wish list.…
Anadarko Basin Crude Production, Frac Sand & the SCOOP-STACK In 2017, the Energy Information Administration recognized the Mid-Continent’s Anadarko Basin among the top U.S. shale plays––mainly driven by production gains enjoyed in the SCOOP and STACK production areas. Anadarko Basin Map (Courtesy of USGS) SCOOP and STACK Definition SCOOP stands for South-Central Oklahoma Oil Province.…
Permian Basin Frac Sand Demand Skyrocketing Hydraulic fracturing (fracing) operations in the oil-rich Permian Basin have already taken off, leading experts to forecast that the area’s output by 2023 will be double what it was in 2017. This means that fracing investment continues to rise, especially in the materials that are pivotal parts of the…
Black Mountain Sand, a Texas-based in-basin frac sand provider, announced today expansion into Western Oklahoma’s Mid-Continent. Construction is now underway on its sixth mine, the first outside of Texas. Once fully commissioned, the 1,290-acre Blaine County facility will employ 75 people and produce 3 million tons of sand annually. Delivery of the mine’s first commercial tons…
Black Mountain Sand is expanding into the Eagle Ford Shale with the acquisition of 2,300 acres in Atascosa County. Construction on our third in-basin frac sand mine will begin immediately with anticipated delivery of our first commercial tons serving South Texas by year-end 2018. Once fully commissioned, the Eagle Ford mine will employ 75 people…
Black Mountain Sand’s Chief Commercial Officer Hayden Gillespie recently sat down with Texas Standard’s Natalie Krebs to discuss one of West Texas’s challenges, the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard (DSL). Click here to read more Texas Standard is produced in the state capital in collaboration with KUT Austin, KERA North Texas, Houston Public Media and Texas Public…