frac sand

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Trinity took a $369 million impairment charge because leasing small cube covered hoppers exposed the railcar lessor to the frac sand market.

Frac sand firm Vista Proppants and Logistics filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, saying it has around $500 million in liabilities.

Plan was to buy crude oil for Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Shale to the king, baby! Today’s FAK is on frac sand. For those who want to know…now you know.

Long before sunrise, Molly Sizer starts her day in West Texas as a professional frac sand hauler.  She gets dressed, drives her Peterbilt truck to one of the dozens of […]

Market expert Jim Blaze writes about the railroads’ transportation of fracking sand, as well as stone and gravel, aggregates and phosphates.

A weekly look at what occurred in the oil markets of the U.S. and the world this past week and what’s ahead. A recent report by Moody’s on the health […]

There is incredible demand right now for frac sand in the Permian Basin. With the explosive growth in fracking, customers were demanding solutions faster than GE could build them.

The newest frac sand company, Covia Holdings, was born out of a merger last month. It’s also the largest, with a market cap exceeding $2.2B. We discuss recent shifts in frac sand supply, demand, and sourcing.