Despite a slump in the U.S. oil industry, Wisconsin frac sand producers are planning to spend millions of dollars on new plants and loading facilities as they seek to increase efficiency and sell ...

The late-2014, Saudi-initiated oil-price war may have taken the ‘boom’ out of the US shale industry as it seriously threatened OPEC market share, but Saudi victory has been elusive: US shale has ...

Stockpiles of silica sand at Modern Transport Rail loading terminal on Second Street in Winona, Minn. are pictured in February 2012. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration released new ...

The La Crosse Center is playing host to the Frac Sand Insider conference which began Tuesday. Frac sand mining is the mining of sand that is used in the fracking process to get oil and natural gas out ...

A pumpjack and a Yellowjacket Oilfield Services fracking rig sit next to Highway 191 in Midland County. (Odessa American File Photo) Except for the oil and natural gas themselves, one of the ...

Wisconsin state environmental officials say they have no plans to impose new restrictions on the mining of sand for use in hydraulic fracturing of oil and natural gas. The state Department of Natural ...

Founders of Apex Petroleum Engineering, the Denver-based energy services company, partner with proppant and materials veterans to build 2 million ton frac sand plant to serve the DJ basin. ENGLEWOOD, ...

A proposed frac sand loading and storage facility in Wabasha could open as early as next week if the city approves. The Wabasha City Council will decide at a special meeting Monday whether an ...

Steve Harmon’s house shakes when the mining company 100 yards away blasts into what was once farmland. His patio is constantly covered in a thin layer of fine white sand. He and his neighbors also had ...

The Winona City Council turned down a citizens group’s objection late Tuesday night to increasing frac sand barge loading at the Port Authority dock. Members of Winona Citizens Against Sand Mining had ...