Sand from the upper Midwest is coveted for hydraulic fracturing. It is the right size, shape and cleanness (almost pure quartz). It is also highly resistant to crushing under immense pressure, acting ...

PERMIAN operators are showing concerns about the quality of some grades of locally sourced frack sand as they prepare for in-basin proppant capacity to boom in the coming years. The attractiveness of ...

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 ...

He was a construction contractor until the boom in sand mining hit the west-central part of Wisconsin. “I helped to build it (the plant) last year, and now I’m running it,” Wengerd said, grinning.