Proppants: Are You Getting What You Pay For?

By Penny Aschenbrenner Q: What do oil companies and sand mines have in common?A: Proppants and profits. The following information describes the crippling inefficiencies of proppant quality control and how it affects the bottom line for sand mines and oil producers. We’ve come a long way since 1866 when the first “exploding torpedo” was used downhole to fracture shale. That…

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