Shale firms are pumping an average of roughly 2.9 million pounds a day of frac sand this quarter, according to Coras Research LLC. (Bloomberg) -- Frackers are blasting less sand into shale wells for ...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Liberty Oilfield Services Inc. (NYSE: LBRT; “Liberty”) announced today the successful completion of the rigorous field testing of Liberty’s digiFrac™ electric pump. Developed ...

Trimulfracs are an extension of simultaneous fracturing treatments (simulfracs) to maximize capital efficiency. Trimulfracs keep pace with four to five drilling rigs and create greater consistency in ...

The ongoing shale slump is hitting sand miners and haulers that are facing lower demand, intense pricing pressures and competition from oil companies building their own mines to provide the crucial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 30—Except for the oil and natural gas themselves, one of the oilfield's hottest commodities these days is the sand used to ...

DENVER & HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Liberty Oilfield Services Inc. (NYSE: LBRT) and Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB) announced today an agreement for the contribution of Schlumberger’s onshore hydraulic ...

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 ...

A new 1.5-million-ton-a-year frac sand mine is being planned for Oklahoma. The mine will be developed by Vista Proppants and Logistics of Fort Worth in an area northeast of Fay, Okla. The company has ...

Liberty Oilfield Services Inc., Denver, acquired Schlumberger’s OneStim onshore hydraulic fracturing business in the United States and Canada, including its pressure pumping, pump down perforating, ...

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 ...

Hydraulic fracturing is a completion technique that pumps high-pressure fluid and proppant into a low-permeability reservoir to create and prop open fractures, increasing flow paths so oil can move to ...

Long before sunrise, Molly Sizer starts her day in West Texas as a professional frac sand hauler. She gets dressed, drives her Peterbilt truck to one of the dozens of frac mines around the Permian ...