Resumen de Frac Sand '17: : Sand users favour quantity, not quality
Sand demand is booming but quality is becoming less of a concern, as users focus on increasing frac intensity, delegates attending the IM Frac Sand conference in Colorado report.
Quantity is more important than quality, as frackers strive to get as much sand as possible into wells, attendees at the conference in Denver told IM.
US frac sand demand is forecast to rise to at least 70m short tons in 2017, compared to 34m short tons in 2016. Many attendees at the fifth annual Frac Sand Conference 2017 in Denver, held on September 12-14, were more bullish still, with forecasts of up to 100m short tons circulating.
The increase in demand is driven by an increase in the number of active frac sites, but also by increased sand intensity, with more of the property going into each well.
Multiple operators told IM that their priority was now >, meaning to get as much sand into fractures as possible, in order to increase the lifespan and output of fracked wells.
