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Follow the sand to the real fracking boom
2014-11-26 00:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Merco Press: When it takes up to four million pounds of sand to frack a single well, it's no wonder that demand is outpacing supply and frack sand producers are becoming the biggest behind-the-scenes beneficiaries of the American oil and gas boom. This all puts frac sand in the drivers' seat of the next phase of the American oil boom, and it has already seen its price increase up to 20% over the past year Demand is exploding for "frac-sand'--a durable, high-purity quartz sand used to help produce petroleum...
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