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Eagle Materials Nearly Doubles Frack Sand Capacity on CRS Acquisition

Dallas-based Eagle Materials Inc. has agreed to pay $225 million to buy hydraulic fracturing (fracking) sand producer CRS Proppants LLC to expand market share in the Permian Basin, Eagle Ford Shale and Midcontinent, as well as nearly double its sand capacity and reserves. Read More

Halliburton Extends Frack Sand Agreement With Hi-Crush

In a sign suggesting that the U.S. unconventional boom is not abating, Halliburton Co. has extended an agreement with Hi-Crush Partners LP to increase through 2018 its annual Northern White sand volumes. Read More

Carbo’s Profits Hit as Operators Opt for Sand Over Ceramics

Carbo Ceramics Inc.'s share price was slammed on Monday after management said operators were using cheaper alternatives -- sand -- in completing onshore wells, which in turn was hurting the bottom line for its higher priced ceramic proppants. Read More

U.S. Silica Seeks to Buy a Texas Sand Producer

On a roll in the proppant industry, which has been expanding rapidly to support the North American shale boom, Frederick, MD-based U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. on Wednesday said it has signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire Voca, TX-based Cadre Services Inc., a regional sand mining company. Read More

U.S. Silica to Build Northern White Sand Facility in Wisconsin

U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. has received approval from the town of Fairchild, WI, to begin development of a 3 million ton/year hydraulic fracturing (fracking) sand mine and plant, which would deliver product to operators via Union Pacific Railroad. Read More

Halliburton Secures More Sand for Onshore Operations, Updates Seismic-to-Stimulation Service

Halliburton Co., one of the largest onshore oilfield services providers, has obtained a long-term agreement through 2018 with Hi-Crush Partners LP for sand to use in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations. Read More

Rainmaker Resources Banks on Bray Frac Sand Property in Arkansas

As the development of unconventional oil and gas plays continues to ramp up across North America, the race to supply the resources necessary for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is heating up. In addition to water supplies, the hunt for sand, with certain properties that make it ideal for fracking, is reaching far and wide. Read More

Company Betting South Dakota Has Fracking's 'Right Stuff'

Denver-based South Dakota Proppants is proceeding with plans to develop a mine on federal lands in southwestern South Dakota to supply sand used in hydraulic fracturing... Read More

Minnesota Governor Declines to Enact Frack Sand Mining Ban

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has turned down calls to enact a two-year moratorium on silica sand mining in the southeastern part of the state, saying he doesn't have the authority to implement such a ban. Read More

South Dakota Sand Deemed Not Suitable for Fracking

Although South Dakota officials had been hoping to cash in on the oil and natural gas boom in the Williston Basin, there is little chance operators... Read More