Over 40 percent of frac sand producers in Wisconsin have broken state environmental rules in recent years, according to a new report. This isn't the case of a "few bad apples" disregarding ...
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Five years ago, Wisconsin only had a handful of industrial sand facilities. Over the past two years, the increased demand for frac sand drove explosive growth in the state's sand industry.
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The demand for sand increased exponentially starting in 2014, related to use of Wisconsin sand as a proppant in the extraction of oil and gas. Wisconsin has mining, processing and transportation facilities …
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Northern White Sand/Wisconsin Operations Technical Data Our Wisconsin sand operations (Augusta, Blair, Whitehall, Wyeville) are unit-train-capable facilities with total annual capacity of 10.4 million tons of premium Northern White frac sand.
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Western Proppants (WP) is the only in-basin source for high-quality frac sand in southeast Wyoming. We are the only mine with close access to both the Powder River Basin and DJ Basin.
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After a major contraction of Wisconsin's frac sand mining industry, companies that survived recent downturns are seeing demand for sand used to drill for oil and natural gas rise again. […]
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Frac sand is a form of proppant for the fracking process used in the oil and gas industry. The proppant's basic function is to create and maintain the deep-underground passageways needed to harvest either natural gas or crude oil.
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FCI Frac Sand was founded with a vision to revolutionize the frac sand industry by offering superior quality, reliability, and unparalleled customer service. With a deep understanding of the critical role that frac sand plays in hydraulic fracturing operations, we have committed ourselves to sourcing and delivering the finest quality sand to ...
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Frac sand mining requires clearing land of forests, grasslands, meadows, and wetlands, eliminating valuable ecosystems and habitats. But it also generates alarming levels of air and water pollution. The mining process, especially the excavation and pulverization steps, ...
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The boom in the fracking activity of oil and gas companies has created a boom in the demand for frac-sand, including Wisconsin's. Frac-sand production, like almost all surface mining and ore processing, involves significant land disturbance and the potential to cause air and water pollution among other environmental problems.
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Nearly a fifth of Wisconsin's 70 active frac sand mines and processing plants were cited for environmental violations last year, as the industry continued to expand at a rapid clip.
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Wisconsin has high-quality sand resources and, as a result, the DNR has seen a substantial rise in permit requests to the department to mine industrial sand. Industrial …
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A frac sand producer with four mines in Wisconsin announced it expects to declare bankruptcy after posting net negative revenues in the first quarter of 2020 and defaulting on loans. […]
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Nowadays, the hydraulic fracturing of a typical Permian well with a 10,000-foot lateral requires about 12,500 tons of frac sand — enough sand to fill more than 500 large sand trucks.
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A legislative hearing Monday on a revised attempt to limit local governments' authority to regulate nonmetallic mining, including existing frac sand mines, drew support from mining representatives but opposition from town leaders.
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Frac sand is a form of proppant for the fracking process used in the oil and gas industry. The proppant's basic function is to create and maintain the deep-underground passageways needed to harvest either natural gas or …
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Frac Sand Deposits Are Abundant In Wisconsin. Sands found in west-central Wisconsin's bedrock are particularly well-suited for use in hydrofracturing. Although sand has been mined across Wisconsin for …
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WISA Executive Team. WisconsinSand is the online home of the Wisconsin Industrial Sand Association (WISA), an organization formed to promote safe …
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A Texas-based frac sand company is seeing profit gains due to the renewed value of northern white sand in Wisconsin.
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A new mineral rush is underway in the upper Midwest of the United States, especially in Wisconsin and Minnesota, for deposits of high-quality frac sand that the mining …
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Frac sand gets its name from its use in hydraulic fracturing, a completion method used by oil and natural gas companies to produce natural gas and oil.
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Is the sand frac industry dying in Wisconsin because of bad business, or because it's cheaper to move than it is to transport product across the country?
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Five years ago, Wisconsin only had a handful of industrial sand facilities. Over the past two years, the increased demand for frac sand drove explosive growth in …
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A major frac sand mining company with operations in Wisconsin is facing bankruptcy while an industry analyst says up to 75 percent of mines in Wisconsin that supply oil and […]
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Welcome to FCI Frac Sand, the premier destination for top-tier frac sand solutions designed to meet the diverse needs of the oil and gas industry. As a leading provider, we pride ourselves on delivering high-quality frac sand products and unmatched service to support your operations.
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Minnesota and Wisconsin are four years into a sand mining boom. This map shows facilities that involve the mining, processing or transportation of frac sand. Sites that have permits to do such ...
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Frac sand mining company Preferred Sands of Wisconsin has been ordered to pay $200,000 for stormwater and air permit violations at its facility near Blair, a Trempealeau County city. Posted in Economy, …
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Wisconsin leads the nation in frac sand production. Most of the frac sand mines are located within or near the periphery of the 'driftless' area of west-central and southwestern Wisconsin - an area that was largely …
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A frac sand mining company that declared bankruptcy last year is liquidating one of four Wisconsin mines. Prior to the filing, Texas-based Hi-Crush Proppants was one of the state's biggest producers of sand used …
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Frac sand is currently being mined from sandstone formations in much of western and central Wisconsin. The same formations are less well exposed and generally finer …
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Currently, there are no official employment numbers for the state's rapidly expanding frac sand industry. But the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, using job-site estimates developed by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, found that when existing mines and those being built are fully operating, the industry will …
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Wisconsin law requires frac sand companies to show local governments how they'll fill in their mines in a way that will avoid future soil erosion and runoff at the site – what the industry calls "reclamation." Exactly how they do that is basically up to companies, leaving unanswered questions about how the soil is impacted by mining and ...
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EAU CLAIRE — After more than a decade of alternating boom-and-bust cycles, the regional frac sand industry appears to be stabilizing — at least for now.
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Mining companies, Chippewa County and the University of Wisconsin-River Falls are teaming up on a $232,000, five-year study probing how the vast tracts of Wisconsin used for nonmetallic mining — including for frac sand — can best be reclaimed.
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Two of the nation's foremost producers of frac sand have announced a merger that will create a massive new mining company with operations in Wisconsin. Connecticut-based Unimin and Ohio-based Fairmount […]
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