Frac sand demand holds out in drilling decline

• Autores: Kasia Patel
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 574, 2015 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Julio/Agosto)
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The US is the largest producer and consumer of frac sand in the world, with the Great Lakes Region (mainly Wisconsin and Minnesota) accounting for 70% of 2014 domestic frac sand output. Including Canada, North America will continue to lead growth in consumption and production, owing to the large amount of domestic hydraulic fracturing (fracking) activity. Based on growth projections in the energy market, Cleveland-based research firm The Freedonia Group has estimated the North American frac sand market will reach 34.4m tonnes next year and be worth around $2.2bn.

    "These alternative proppants include resin-coated sand and synthetic proppants engineered from high-strength ceramic materials such as sintered bauxite. The highly sophisticated proppants of today result in increasingly optimal results in hydrocarbon recovery as proppants can be customised for each particular reservoir, well, or treatment design."