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1. Addressing the Environmental Impacts of Fracking ...: (Frac Sand); ... risks of fracking with the intent of fostering informed discussions within the geoscience community on the topic of hydraulic fracturing. Soeder’s co-author is Douglas B. Kent of the United States Geological ...; Created on 20 September 2018
2. Connecticut Town Council Approves Fracking Waste Ban ...: (Frac Sand); The South Windsor, Conn., town council unanimously approved an ordinance that bans fracking waste from being brought to or used in the town, according to the Hartford Courant. The town became the 34th ...; Created on 08 February 2018
3. Floridians Seek to Ban Fracking; Effort Called Misguided ...: (Frac Sand); Hundreds of Floridians gathered together in the state capitol to urge elected officials to pass a fracking ban, commit to increasing renewable energy sources and protect waterways. The group, including ...; Created on 06 April 2017
4. Colorado Supreme Court Strikes Down Fracking Ban ...: (Frac Sand); Colorado’s Supreme Court struck down voter-approved bans on fracking and the storage of fracking waste within the cities of Fort Collins and Longmont, ruling they conflicted with state law, according to ...; Created on 05 May 2016
5. Fracking Bill Moves Forward In Florida ...: (Frac Sand); According to Channel 10 News, Tampa Bay, Fla., a bill that would create regulations for fracking was approved by a Florida House committee despite strong opposition from environmentalists who said the ...; Created on 03 December 2015
6. Quake Monitoring Service Protects Fracking Operations ...: (Frac Sand); ... In Alberta, where fracking operations are claimed to have caused a significant increase in the number of induced earthquakes, regulations have been introduced that requires frac operators to monitor all ...; Created on 08 October 2015
7. Municipal Wastewater Being Used for Fracking ...: (Frac Sand); ... rock have tried to cut every unnecessary penny from their operations. Water acquisition and transportation can be up to 10 percent of the cost of drilling and fracking a well, according to consulting firm ...; Created on 27 August 2015
8. New Fracking Laws Challenged by Industry ...: (Frac Sand); Following a process that included more than 1.5 million public comments, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell released final standards that she said will support “safe and responsible hydraulic fracturing ...; Created on 21 April 2015
9. News Fracking Laws Challenged by Industry ...: (Frac Sand); Following a process that included more than 1.5 million public comments, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell released final standards that she said will support “safe and responsible hydraulic fracturing ...; Created on 26 March 2015
10. Fracking to Be Banned in New York State ...: (Frac Sand); ... supplying product to the Marcellus and Utica Shale plays in that state. Fracking has been heavily promoted as a source of economic revival for depressed communities along New York’s border with Pennsylvania, ...; Created on 18 December 2014
11. New York Fracking Moratorium Considered ...: (Frac Sand); ... Health and Department of Environmental Conservation before proceeding with a fracking policy in New York. Researchers currently studying the potential impacts of gas drilling include the Geisinger Health ...; Created on 11 July 2014
12. New Book Takes On Pros, Cons of Fracking ...: (Frac Sand); ... entitled “The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World.” To write the book, Gold “traveled along the pipelines and into the hubs of this country’s energy infrastructure; ...; Created on 18 April 2014
13. Texas Fracking Advocate Takes Message to UK ...: (Frac Sand); ... and get behind fracking, for the sake of your future energy security and your economy”. He explains that recent increased estimates from the British Geological Survey of natural gas trapped in shale ...; Created on 20 February 2014
14. Minnesota Releases Fracking Regulation Handbook ...: (Frac Sand); The state of Minnesota released what it hopes will be a handbook for local governments working to regulate the frac sand industry, according to the Winona Daily News. The 168-page report from the Environmental ...; Created on 09 January 2014
15. Lafarge Eyes Fracking Waste Water for Cement Production ...: (Frac Sand); Lafarge Canada wants to use fracking waste water from two Hants County holding ponds for its Brookfield cement plant in Colchester County, Nova Scotia. The Brookfield plant currently uses 35 million ...; Created on 09 January 2014
16. EPA Announces Fracking Panel ...: (Frac Sand); The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) independent Science Advisory Board (SAB) announced the formation of its Hydraulic Fracturing Research Advisory panel. This panel of independent experts ...; Created on 03 April 2013
17. Former NFL Star Discusses Chemical-Free Water Treatment for Fracking ...: (Frac Sand); ... d gas exploration companies to recycle wastewater and eliminate chemicals traditionally used in the hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, process. "We allow these companies to, first of all, clean the wa ...; Created on 03 April 2013
18. New Documentary Offers Another Take on Fracking ...: (Frac Sand); ... for the truth about fracking. McAleer uncovers fracking facts suppressed by environmental activists, and he talks with rural Americans whose livelihoods are at risk if fracking is banned. “FrackNation” was ...; Created on 24 January 2013
19. This Week’s Market Buzz: (Market Buzz); ... s on offshore drilling and fracking. DeSantis has stated his support for an offshore drilling ban in Florida, but had never spoken publicly about his support for a ban on fracking in Florida. The Congressm ...; Created on 13 July 2018
20. Claim Post Acquires Nine Quarry Leases: (Frac Sand); ... by the Manitoba Government. Claim Post’s significant surface silica sand deposit remains in high demand for fracking in the energy industry and we can now move forward to pursuing an active development ...; Created on 31 May 2018
21. Minnesota Sands Appeals Frac Sand Mining Ban: (Frac Sand); ... or processing of sand used for fracking - while allowing the mining of sand for construction and agriculture uses - violated the U.S. Constitutions' interstate commerce clause and the U.S. and Minnesot ...; Created on 25 January 2018
22. Claim Post to Sell Timmins Properties; Focus on Frac: (Frac Sand); ... its high-quality, near-surface, Tier 1 sand deposit is suitable for fracking in the oil and natural gas industries, and that the company should pursue this opportunity to achieve near term production ...; Created on 28 December 2017
23. This Week’s Market Buzz: (Market Buzz); ... hearing in January and listen to a presentation from the activist group Food and Water Watch before voting on an ordinance that aims to ban fracking waste from being brought into South Windsor. Ordinances ...; Created on 28 December 2017
24. Superior Sands’ Shearer Says Market Has Rebounded: (Frac Sand); ... was the reason for the slide. “We began to be a thorn in their side,” Shearer said, about the fracking industry as a whole. OPEC decided to drive the oil price down to drive out companies doing fracking, ...; Created on 17 November 2017
25. Kenworth T880s Rock for Brown Transportation: (Loadout & Drones); ... and provide sand for the oil industry in fracking operations. But that business can go up and down – it’s soft right now. So, we switch over to highway construction, delivering aggregate and rock in our ...; Created on 19 September 2017
26. This Week’s Market Buzz: (Market Buzz); • As much as 10 percent of U.S. fracking work could be delayed after Hurricane Harvey ripped through south Texas, Raymond James analysts said. More than half of the rigs running in the Eagle Ford shale ...; Created on 07 September 2017
27. This Week’s Market Buzz: (Market Buzz); ... g to the Reno Gazette-Journal. The state, in 2014, enacted fracking regulations some say are among the strictest in the nation, but a new proposal would ban it outright. According to Assemblyman Justin Watki ...; Created on 06 April 2017
28. Property Owners Challenge Minnesota Frac Sand Ban: (Frac Sand); ... sand for the purpose of hydraulic fracturing. The ban ended mining, transporting and processing silica sand for the purpose of fracking but allowed those activities for other uses of silica sand such as ...; Created on 22 March 2017
29. Aggregates Education at the Show: (ConExpo-Con/Agg); ... able to take advantage of the “superfracking” of existing wells, and have invested in technology to make operations more efficient. They also learned how to deal with changing market conditions and ongoing ...; Created on 15 February 2017
30. Hamm: We Can Double Oil Production to 20 Million Barrels a Day: (Frac Sand); U.S. drillers have the ability to double the country's oil production to 20 million barrels a day, but doing so too soon would tank oil prices, Continental Resources CEO and fracking advocate Harold Ham ...; Created on 26 January 2017
31. EPA Claims Hydraulic Fracturing Impacts Drinking Water: (Frac Sand); ... Orr, research fellow, The Heartland Institute. “Study after study, such as those conducted by the University of Cincinnati, and a review of the impact of fracking on groundwater in Pavilion, Wyo., has con ...; Created on 14 December 2016
32. Sand Demand Could Surpass Historical Peak Levels: (Frac Sand); ... The below chart shows frac sand demand over the past years and also the forecast for the next three years. Re-fracking of existing older wells could add to a demand rebound. Another potential positive ...; Created on 30 November 2016
33. Hi-Crush, Fairmount Restart Wisconsin Operations: (Frac Sand); ... ny for any increases in demand for sand used in hydrofracking. ...; Created on 05 October 2016
34. This Week’s Market Buzz: (Market Buzz); Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is stirring unease in the oil and natural gas industry with his remarks about hydraulic fracturing, according to a report from The Hill. Trump supports fracking ...; Created on 11 August 2016
35. This Week’s Market Buzz: (Market Buzz); A state appeals court has affirmed a decision blocking a frac sand mine in western Wisconsin, according to a report on Wisconsin Public Radio. The Mississippi Land Connection and Timber Company LLC and ...; Created on 27 July 2016
36. Federal Judge Strikes Down Hydraulic Fracturing Regulations: (Frac Sand); ... r fracking on federal and Indian lands, according to National Public Radio. U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl said Congress had not granted the BLM that power, and had instead chosen to specifical ...; Created on 30 June 2016
37. Do Frac Sand Plants Contribute to Cleaner Air?: (Frac Sand); ... c fracking process) to generate electricity, Orr said. In this respect, the small, spherical grains of frac sand mined in the Upper Midwest are helping to bring cleaner air to the entire country. Re ...; Created on 16 June 2016
38. Schneyer to be Keynote Speaker at Frac Sand Insider Conference: (Frac Sand); ... ties to private equity. While the long-term outlook for fracking looks promising, the current low oil price has put the entire E & P sector (and their Private Equity sponsors) under duress. Sand that ...; Created on 07 April 2016
39. Frac Fights Back: (Features); ... an upward sloping price for oil.” Nangia said his firm, IHS, has forecast oil prices to average above $40 a barrel through 2016. At that price, he said, fracking oil wells in Texas and parts of North Dakota ...; Created on 07 April 2016
40. Frac Sand: Long-Term Prospects Still Good: (Frac Sand); ... IHS, has forecast oil prices to average above $40 a barrel through 2016. At that price, he said, fracking oil wells in Texas and parts of North Dakota can still be profitable, meaning demand for Wisconsi ...; Created on 12 February 2016
41. Global Proppants Market Will Double by 2022: (Frac Sand); ... proppants with around 14 percent. A majority of manufacturers are using frac sand products due to their low cost and abundant availability. The global fracking proppants market is segmented by type and ...; Created on 07 January 2016
42. This Week’s Market Buzz: (Market Buzz); ... company officials wrote. Plus, fracking companies now use more sand per well. All of that means frac sand will be big business in the future, but it is unclear when that recovery will happen. Hi-Crush ...; Created on 17 December 2015
43. A Better Blend: (Features); ... it will be used for fracking or in a foundry. “Foundry sand production and frac sand processing are actually similar processes,” said Kyle Grahn, vice president of A.F. Gelhar. “What we needed was to ...; Created on 24 November 2015
44. Focus on Frac: (Features); ... quantities of sand in fracking wells have put a profit squeeze on oil and gas producers. Canadian companies by and large have not cut their capital expenditures and continue to drill wells. As a result, ...; Created on 24 November 2015
45. Maurer Engineering Develops Shale Stimulation Technique: (Frac Sand); ... from fracked shale wells deplete by up to 70 percent in the first two years, requiring refracking every two or three years at a cost of $2 million or more. This high cost significantly decreases the economics ...; Created on 10 September 2015
46. This Week’s Market Buzz: (Market Buzz); ... frac sand mining and resolving problems with nonconforming mines. No frac sand shipments have come through the Winonam, Wis., city harbor this year, owing to the slowdown of fracking across the ...; Created on 27 August 2015
47. Headwaters Report Predicts Long-Term Proppant Growth: (Frac Sand); ... Coupled with pad drilling (and closer well spacing) and the potential refracking of old wells, proppant demand is expected to increase over the long term. Smaller grained sand is also increasing in use, ...; Created on 13 August 2015
48. A Productive Solution: (Features); ... minerals and logistics company. NBI’s Tyler, Texas, plant and 1,400-acre mine produces sand primarily used for fracking; however, the plant’s process of mining sand and loading 40-ton trucks was not as ...; Created on 06 August 2015

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