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What is frac sand & how to use it - Marco "Sully" Perez

Marco "Sully" Perez - Frac sand is a specialty material made for use in the petroleum industry. It has very durable and round grains that make it less prone to fracturing as well as multiple other benefits. Hydraulic fracturing is a process that drills for underground gas, oil, and other things. The drilling uses water mixed with chemicals to force open the cracks in the rocks below.<br>

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What is frac sand & how to use it - Marco "Sully" Perez

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  1. Marco "Sully" Perez WHAT IS FRAC SAND & HOW TO USE IT Frac sand is a specialty material made for use in the petroleum industry. It has very durable and round grains that make it less prone to fracturing as well as multiple other benefits. Hydraulic fracturing is a process that drills for underground gas, oil, and other things. The drilling uses water mixed with chemicals to force open the cracks in the rocks below.

  2. What is frac sand & how to use it Most frac sand is a natural material made from high-purity sandstone. Alternative products are ceramic beads made from sintered bauxite or small metal beads made from aluminum. The demand for frac sand exploded in 2010, when the use of hydraulic fracturing became the standard method of producing oil and gas from tight rock formations such as the Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale of the Appalachian Basin. Today, thousands of oil and natural gas wells are stimulated every year using horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing.

  3. Specialized types of drilling for fracking is becoming more popular. It takes about 3000 tons of sand to complete one job on one well. This creates a billion dollar industry in very little time, the amount of money growth goes up exponentially.

  4. HOW IS FRAC SAND USED? SOME SUBSURFACE ROCK UNITS SUCH AS ORGANIC SHALE CONTAIN LARGE AMOUNTS OF OIL, NATURAL GAS, OR NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS THAT WILL NOT FLOW FREELY TO A WELL. THEY WILL NOT FLOW TO A WELL BECAUSE THE ROCK UNIT EITHER LACKS PERMEABILITY (INTERCONNECTED PORE SPACES), OR THE PORE SPACES IN THE ROCK ARE SO SMALL THAT THESE FLUIDS CANNOT FLOW THROUGH THEM.

  5. Frac Sand Processing Plants Marco "Sully" Perez

  6. Frac sand is not used straight from the ground. It requires processing to optimize its performance. After mining it is taken to a processing plant. There it is washed to remove fine particles. After washing, the sand is stacked in piles to allow the wash water to drain off. This operation is done outdoors and is restricted to times of the year when temperatures are above freezing. After the sand is drained, it is placed in an air dryer to remove all moisture. The dry grains are then screened to obtain specific size fractions for different customers. Sand that is not suitable for fracking is separated and sold for other uses. Some frac sand might be resin coated to improve its performance in the fracking operation. This material will be sold as a premium product. After processing, most sand is loaded directly into train cars for rail delivery.

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