Silver Sponsorships Almost Sold Out for the 8th Annual Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference

The Petroleum Connection today announced that almost all the Silver sponsorships are sold out for the 8th Annual Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference. This is the...

Golf Sponsorships Have Sold at the 8th Annual Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference

Despite still being over 6 months away, The Petroleum Connection has announced that the Golf Sponsorship (the top level of sponsorship this year) have already sold out. Alpine Silica, BJ Services,...

OmniTRAX and The Broe Group Help Turn a Caboose into a Children's Library

OmniTRAX, Inc., one of the largest privately held transportation service companies in North America and an affiliate of The Broe Group, which manages the Brownsville & Rio...

The App and the Agenda for the 7th Annual Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference

This week The Petroleum Connection will be sending a link out to those registered for the conference so they can access the conference app, attendee list, and...

High Roller Announces Two New Frac Sand Mines For The Permian Basin

High Roller Sand announced today that construction is underway on two new, fully-automated, state-of-the-art hydraulic fracturing sand facilities. The Penwell plant (located east...

CST Industries Celebrates 125th Anniversary, Partners with The Petroleum Connection

SAN ANTONIO, August 22, 2018 — The Petroleum Connection today announced CST Industries as a platinum sponsor of the 7th Annual Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference, being held October...

Frac and Proppant Market Webinar - Can the industry keep up?

The pressure pumping and frac sand industries are experiencing rapid rates of change across most major shale plays. Join us as our industry experts, Ryan Carbrey and...

LogicHaul Logistics announces Sandcan acquisition

LogicHaul Logistics, a Wisconsin-based transportation and distribution company, announced the acquisition today of Sandcan Logistics of San Antonio, Texas and its...

Shale Support Establishes Logistic Hub and Frac-Sand Storage Facility in Grand Cane, Louisiana

Shale Support, a leading provider of frac-sand and logistical solutions to the oil and gas proppant market, has established a truck-served terminal in the heart of the...

The Mouat Company, Inc. Announces Commissioning of Twin Eagle Logistics Transload

The Mouat Company, Inc. (Mouat), a design build firm specializing in frac sand plants and transload facilities, announces the commissioning of their latest facility, a 30,000 ton (60,000,000 pound) transload...

Water Stations, Property, Business Opportunity in Kermit

A Kermit-based water station, plus 38 acres of land and structures are on the market. The property has approximately 38 acres for sale. The buyer would ...

Fontaine Introduces Versatile Twist Lock Trailers for Frac Sand Haulers

Fontaine®, the leading brand and recognized technology leader in the platform trailer industry, is pleased to announce the release of two new trailers designed to handle the...

A Step Toward American Energy Independence

High Roller Sand announced today the commencement of shipping the first trucks from their new in-basin plant after beginning production of high quality hydraulic fracturing sand last...

Badger Mining introduces activator-free, low-temperature proppant, Badger Tundra™

Badger Mining Corporation (BMC) is pleased to announce the release of Badger Tundra™, a first of its kind, activator-free, low-temperature resin coated Northern White sand that works...

High Roller Sand Opens Plant in Permian Basin

High Roller Sand announced today the commencement of production of high quality hydraulic fracturing sand from their fully automated, state-of-the-art-facility. ...

Excerpt from TPH's “Energy Thoughts” Email

Tudor Pickering Holts’ Permian Basin Frac Sand Update from “Energy Thoughts” email of August 4, 2017:

• Permian frac sand update (part 1) – based on...
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BMC acquires sand reserves near Kermit, Texas

Badger Mining Corporation (BMC), a family-owned, values-driven industrial sand supplier, recently purchased property containing sand reserves located north of Kermit, Texas. The property contains over 35 years of estimated sand...

More interesting comments from TPH’s “Energy Thoughts”

• Sand demand per well still rising – yesterday HAL noted they saw a decline in sand pumped per well q/q Q2’17.  The Q2 proppant data we analyzed begs to...

Regionally Quarried Sand—New Challenges for Proppant Suppliers

Over the past few years, proppant users and traders began to experiment with quartz monocrystalline varieties offered by what we will refer to in this article as...

Dragon Products Offers the Next Generation of Pneumatic Frac Sand Delivery and Storage Solutions

The new roll-off frac sand hauling system manufactured by Dragon Products offers an alternative to delivery from the standard pneumatic trailer. Dragon’s Roll-Off Sand Pod...

BMC releases new economical resin coated proppant, Atlas CRC-One

Badger Mining Corporation (BMC) is pleased to announce the release of Atlas CRC-One, a new resin coated proppant under...

The Industrial Minerals Technology Workshop Announced

The Industrial Minerals Technology Workshop is about one month away. This year’s workshop is taking place in St. Paul, Minnesota on April 24 - 26, 2017 at the Intercontinental...

BMC’s New Research & Development Center Now Equipped and Operational

Beginning this year, a previously unoccupied building in the Taylor Business Park is now home to Badger Mining Corporation's (BMC) new state-of-the-art Research and Development Center. Renovations...

Frac Sand Supply and Logistics Conference Improving Attendee Experience in 2017

The Petroleum Connection's Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference is moving to downtown Houston for 2017. The conference will be held September 28-29, at the Marriott Marquis...

Badger Mining Corp. acquires Sexsmith transloading facility from Di-Corp

Badger Mining Corporation (BMC), a family-owned industrial sand supplier based out of Berlin, Wis., further committed to the Canadian...

BMC to Construct New Transload Facility Near Pecos, TX

A plot of land just south of Pecos, Texas will become home to the newest transload facility for Badger Mining Corporation (BMC) in the coming months. Sitting ...

First unit train of sand arrives at BMC’s Erick, OK facility

Badger Mining Corporation’s (BMC) recently-opened Erick, Oklahoma transload facility received its first unit train of sand today. The shipment...

Rayland, Ohio is Home to Badger Mining’s Newest Transload

Rayland, Ohio, a village located 50 miles southwest of Pittsburgh and situated along the Ohio River, is home to the newest transload facility for Badger ...

Badger Mining’s Erick, Oklahoma Transload Facility Now Open for Business

After a year of construction and several setbacks due to historic rainfall, Badger Mining Corporation’s (BMC) Erick, Oklahoma transload facility is now open for business. The wholly...

MAALT, LP Commences Commercial Operations at its Newest Terminal in Big Lake, TX

Maalt, LP (“Maalt”), announced today that it has commenced commercial operations in Big Lake, TX, the newest addition to its terminal network. The Big Lake terminal, which...

Frac Sand Weekly News Digest Marks One Year as Only Weekly Frac Sand Industry Newsletter

The Frac Sand Weekly News Digest, the only weekly newsletter dedicated to the frac sand industry, is marking one year of distribution today with the release of...

Badger Mining expands distribution network with new transload facility in Bill, Wyoming

Railcars of sand leaving Badger Mining Corporation today headed to a different destination for the first time – BMC’s newest transload facility in Bill, Wyoming. For Badger Mining, a family-owned,...

Plant Architects Announces Partnership with Energy Architecture

Plant Architects—an enterprise of Robert Ober & Associates, LLC, (RO&A) based in San Antonio, Texas—and Energy Architecture— a leading industrial architectural and project management firm, based in...