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TEXAS OIL AND WWII How the Permian Helped Fuel D-Day “And what a plan! This vast operation is undoubtedly the most complicated and difficult that has ever occurred.” Winston Churchill On June 6th, 1944, Operation Neptune (also known as D-Day), delivered 156,000 Allied forces to invade the beaches of Northern France and liberate…
PART III: SORTING SAND by David Kennedy As the Quality Control Superintendent, it’s my job to make sure all our sand gets cleaned and separated into appropriate mesh sizes per product before being shipped out to clients for frac jobs. Here’s an overview of how that works. Fortunately, I have a great team that works…
PART I: FINDING FRAC SAND By Brittany Schamaun In the oil and gas industry we hear lots of people talk about the shale revolution. Oil companies knew about oil trapped in tight shale formations for years before they developed strategies to get that oil out—strategies that involve pumping huge amounts of water and sand into the…
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 –…
2019 Oil and Gas Outlook According to Experts 2018 Oil & Gas Price Recap 2018 was a volatile year for the oil and gas industry, featuring both good news and bad news. Brent crude prices started the year around $66 per barrel, climbed to $86 per barrel, and dropped down to yearly lows in December…
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…
Permian Frac Sand Demand by the Numbers Frac sand demand in the Permian Basin is evolving, even from what it was just a few short years ago. Now with more crude oil takeaway capacity planned for the area, production is projected to continue to climb, which will no doubt continue to drive the ever-changing proppant…
Record DUC Wells Equals Record Frac Sand Demand Drilled Uncompleted Wells (DUCs) are reaching record levels according to the EIA. August of 2018 added another 238 DUC wells in the major basins to reach a record 8,269 drilled uncompleted wells in inventory in the United States. The Permian Basin leads the pack with 3,630 DUC…
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…
In 2016, the United States’ dependence on foreign oil hit a 30-year low. This news may have been largely ignored by the average American, but those who remember the oil shortages in the 1970s surely recognized the significance. In 1973, OPEC, the group of (at the time) Arab nations responsible for the majority of the…