News Briefs – November 2014

According to the latest PacWest Consulting Partners ProppantIQ market study, North America proppant consumption is expected to increase at 23 percent per annum through 2016, from 80 billion lb. in 2013 to 153 billion lb. in 2016, with much of the growth occurring in frac sand consumption. Growth in proppant consumption is driven by an increasing number of horizontal wells…

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This Week’s Market Buzz

Frac sand in ambient air does not pose a health concern for Winona residents, according to the Winona Daily News. The first look at eight months’ worth of air monitoring data in downtown Winona, Minn., showed silica sand was, for the most part, undetectable. Only two samples taken from state monitors between January and August detected silica in the air,…

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Dakota Plains Begins Frac Sand Trans-loading at Pioneer

Dakota Plains Holdings Inc. began frac sand trans-loading operations at the Pioneer Terminal in New Town, ND, through its new sand trans-loading joint venture. Dakota Plains and Unimin Corp. had previously executed an agreement to construct an automated frac sand terminal with 8,000 tons of storage and a throughput capacity of 750,000 tpy. The terminal is now fully operational. Dakota…

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