The La Crosse Center is playing host to the Frac Sand Insider conference which began Tuesday. Frac sand mining is the mining of sand that is used in the fracking process to get oil and natural gas out ...

CHICAGO (June 8) – A new Policy Study from The Heartland Institute shows industrial sand mining has been “a significant driver of economic growth across the Upper Midwest.” If done in an ...

Fort Worth, TX - Wallstreet Sand Co., a leading provider of frac sand solutions, has completed a strategic investment of approximately $27 million during ...

The southeastern Minnesota city of St. Charles has rejected annexation that could have brought frac sand mining to the community and served as a catalyst for similar projects in the region. The City ...

Frac sand destined for the oil and gas fields piles up at the EOG Resources Inc. processing plant in Chippewa Falls, Wisc. CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. — Largely overlooked in the national debate over ...

A pumpjack and a Yellowjacket Oilfield Services fracking rig sit next to Highway 191 in Midland County. (Odessa American File Photo) Except for the oil and natural gas themselves, one of the ...

Frac-sand mining opponents are demanding a House committee meeting scheduled for tomorrow be canceled because it fails to set aside time for the public to testify. The House Mining & Outdoor ...

Frac sand mining may no longer be booming, but it hasn’t become a bust. Oil prices have dropped more 50 percent since last year at this time, and have an unstable short-term future. That’s slowed ...

Founders of Apex Petroleum Engineering, the Denver-based energy services company, partner with proppant and materials veterans to build 2 million ton frac sand plant to serve the DJ basin. ENGLEWOOD, ...

The Houston County Commissioners were not able to come to an agreement on a frac sand mining ordinance Tuesday morning. Houston County will revert back to the original ordinance that says little about ...

Nov. 30—Except for the oil and natural gas themselves, one of the oilfield's hottest commodities these days is the sand used to fracture or "frac" the bedrock formations and loosen them up for ...