Source Energy Services opened its first unit-train-capable delivery terminal for frac sand into the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) as companies deploy bigger fracs for higher results, according to the Alaska Highway News.
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Smart Sand Completes Unit-Train-Capable Rail Facility
Smart Sand Inc. announced that it has completed construction of its unit-train-capable rail facility served by the Union Pacific Railroad in Byron Township, Wis. The company moved its first unit train from the expanded site via the Union Pacific Railroad on Dec. 26, 2017.
Read MoreUnimin to Modernize Blue Mountain Facility
Unimin Canada announced that it will make a multi-million-dollar investment in the modernization of the company’s mining and manufacturing operations at Blue Mountain in the Kawartha Lakes region of Ontario. When completed, the new operation will further improve the site’s environmental footprint and support continued mining, manufacturing and employment at the facility for many more decades.
Read MoreAndeavor Acquires Rangeland Energy
Andeavor announced that it has agreed to acquire 100 percent of the equity of Rangeland Energy II LLC. Rangeland owns and operates assets in the Delaware and Midland Basins, including a recently constructed crude oil pipeline, three crude oil storage terminals and a frac sand storage and truck-loading facility.
Read MoreThis Week’s Market Buzz
• Oil prices are at three-year highs, as geopolitical risk and confidence in global growth continued to buoy markets. Light, sweet crude for February delivery rose $1.23, or 2 percent, to $62.96 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the highest settle value since December 2014. Brent, the global benchmark, also closed at a three-year high, up $1.04, or…
Read MoreSand Market Poised for Growth Through 2025
In the largely fragmented and intensively competitive vendor landscape of the global natural and manufactured sand market, companies are investing in research and development in crushing technology and modern grinder equipment with the view of obtaining high quality and well-graded sand products, observes Transparency Market Research in a recent report.
Read MoreCongressional Problem Solvers Caucus Tackles Infrastructure
The Congressional Problem Solvers Caucus – an action group driven by 48 bipartisan members of Congress – released new policy recommendations regarding an approach to solving the nation’s infrastructure issues.
Read MoreEpiroc to Serve Mining, Infrastructure Industries
Epiroc AB, the subsidiary of Atlas Copco Group with plans to be listed on the stock exchange in 2018, has begun operating as an independent business. It is providing customers in mining, infrastructure and natural resources with market-leading products and services. Atlas Copco announced in January 2017 that the Group will split into two companies in 2018: Atlas Copco, focusing…
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