According to a report on Bloomberg, oil and gas drillers are considering e-fracking: using gas from their own wells to run turbines for electric motors that power drilling pumps.
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Geology Professor Says Wisconsin Frac Sand Boom Over
Wisconsin’s frac-sand industry is grappling with several idled mines amid increased competition from rivals in Texas and Oklahoma.
Read MoreCovia Transforms Mine Planning with Kespry
Covia – with more than 3,000 employees operating more than 50 plants and 94 terminals – is one of the largest solution providers in the industrial sand industry. The company has been working with Kespry, utilizing its drone-based data solutions.
Read MoreAtlas CEO Settles Permian Versus Northern White Argument
Hunter Wallace, chief operating officer at Atlas Sand, penned an article entitled, “Clearing Up The Erroneous Rhetoric Being Thrown Around In Opposition To Local Permian Sand.”
Read MoreRogers Group Plants Pollinator Garden
June 27, 2019 – Rogers Group Inc. (RGI) Sales Representative Angie Thurman went to a Tennessee Concrete Association mid-year meeting and walked out with a big idea. After hearing an environmental presentation about biodiversity at ready mixed and concrete facilities, she learned that only two aggregate companies in the entire United States partnered with the Wildlife Habitat Council and built pollinator…
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• Ryan Carbrey of Houston-based energy research firm Rystad Energy said shale energy deposits in North Dakota and Pennsylvania still rely on Northern White sand, while pointing out that in the Upper Midwest, mines with the annual capacity of 18 million tons of frac sand have already been idled this year, and that number may rise to 30 million tons…
Read MoreChaney Golf Tournament Held at Reclaimed Quarry Site
Maryland-based construction-materials producer Chaney Enterprises raised more than $98,000 for the American Cancer Society, and substance abuse and cancer research at its 20th Annual Babe & Dick Chaney Memorial Golf Tournament.
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