This Week’s Market Buzz

Frac sand producers are raising prices due to stronger demand, betting on an improving outlook for the oil industry, said Scott Cockerham, managing director at consulting firm Huron. “It’s a very symbiotic system,” he said. However, of late, crude prices have also dipped from their recent highs near $52 a barrel; U.S. crude futures were trading at $43.87 a barrel,…

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This Week’s Market Buzz

Hi-Crush Partners reported third quarter 2016 results. Revenues for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2016, totaled $46.6 million on sales of 1,082,974 tons of frac sand. This compares to revenues in the second quarter of 2016 of $38.4 million on sales of 849,263 tons of frac sand. Athabasca Minerals is continuing permitting for the Firebag Frac Sand Project. Under the…

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Hi-Crush Restarts Augusta, Wis., Plant

Hi-Crush announced that it has entered into an amendment to a material contract with a customer and as a result has decided to restart production at its frac sand facility in Augusta, Wis., in order to meet the growing demand. It was also announced that the partnership completed the previously announced acquisition of the Blair facility on Aug. 31, 2016.…

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