Some market participants view fractionation spreads (also called “frac spreads”) as one indication of some natural gas processing companies’ profitability. Frac spreads depend on natural gas liquids ...

Natural gas processors can be sensitive to commodity prices in the form of frac spreads Some market participants view fractionation spreads (also called “frac spreads”) as one indication of the ...

Denver, June 13, 2019 -- PanXchange, an OTC exchange and price discovery platform for physical commodities, today announced that it will distribute its proprietary pricing data for hydraulic ...

The frac sand industry is feeling the sting of a historic oil bust caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Houston frac sand mine operator U.S. Silica reported Friday a $72.6 million first quarter loss, ...

Pumping water mixed with sand in a fracking operation, for Anadarko in Franktown, Colorado. Proppant consists of sand-sized particles injected with frac fluid during a fracking operation. In shale oil ...

This piece originally appeared on TomDispatch. If the world can be seen in a grain of sand, watch out. As Wisconsinites are learning, there’s money (and misery) in sand — and if you’ve got the right ...

Higher drilling costs could threaten the recent surge in United States shale production. Halliburton said last week that its earnings could be negatively impacted because of bottlenecks related to the ...

The ‘mega-frac’ is turning the typically annoying sand of West Texas into the new gold, and the oil and gas land rush on the Permian Basin has now extended into the dry, gritty sand that only a year ...

Falling demand, abundant supplies, lower prices and and increased competition are hitting the frac sand industry as as it contends with a slowdown in the nation's shale oil and gas fields. Katy sand ...

In August 2004, Beeville-based Dan A. Hughes Co. pumped a large hydraulic fracture job in the prolific Barnett shale of North Texas. The Barnett is a tight shale that is the source for the largest gas ...

MONAHANS, TX (KWES) - It's what plays a role in fracking. The demand for frac sand is growing, especially in West Texas. It's good news for one company that will soon open their frac sand mine in ...