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SD Sand Not Suitable For Oil Field Fracking In ND

2014-03-28 14:29:11| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

A state study has concluded that sand from western South Dakota is not suitable for use in the oil and gas industry.

Victory Mountain Acquires Alberta Frac Sand Property

2014-03-15 17:09:10| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

Frac sand is actively being sought out and mined in Alberta to meet growing demand, with particular interest in abundant silica sand associated with the Paddy and time equivalent Pelican formations in Northern Alberta.

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Blowing Sand and Dust Environmental Simulator Advances State-of-the-Art for the U.S. Military

2014-03-12 05:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

YORK, Pennsylvania USA – Air Dynamics Industrial Systems Corporation proudly announces another U.S. military client will receive their Desert Wind ™ Blowing Sand and Dust Environmental Simulator. The system will be delivered to the United States Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division Patuxent River MD. The sand and dust chamber will be used during performance testing of Naval qualification, safety of flight, flight worthiness and evaluation programs including Naval ...This story is related to the following:Non-Industrial ProductsEnvironmental Simulators | Environmental Chambers |

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Next fracking controversy: In Midwest, a storm brews over 'frac sand'

2014-03-09 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Monitor: Kyle Slaby bounds up the slope behind his house, stopping at the sandstone outcrop he hopes will save his family's farm. The Slabys grow corn and soybeans on the ridgeline above. But these days there's more money a lot more in mining the sand below. "A lot of people look on it as an extension of farming," Mr. Slaby says. "It's another crop you're harvesting." Sand has become a valuable and deeply divisive commodity in the upper Midwest. Hydraulic fracturing, a method of extraction also...

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