By Patrick C MillerHouston-based Shale Support—a leading frack sand provider—has purchased two natural sand mines in Louisiana, adding two million tons to the company’s nameplate capacity and bringing total annual production to 5 million tons. “We’ve been an ‘in-basin’ provider of sand since 2014,” said Jeffrey Bartlam, the company’s president and co-founder. “This expansion allows…

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By Patrick C MillerThe rising tide of oil prices has lifted the Bakken shale play to the lofty position of No. 1 in netback per well drilled, which has not only resulted in predictions of a new oil production record for North Dakota this summer, but also a renewed sense of optimism among industry insiders…

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Milwaukee, WI – With education issues taking center stage in political debates across the state – and country, the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty released the results of a poll and message test experiment on K-12 education issues. The poll of 1,500 Wisconsin residents surveyed public opinion on spending on K-12 schools, the impact…

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By E. Calvin Beisner, Ph.D.Last year, the Cornwall Alliance produced an open letter supporting Scott Pruitt’s nomination to become EPA Administrator. We rested our judgment on the facts that   As Oklahoma Attorney General Pruitt had demonstrated his legal expertise in successful litigation to require corporations—including the energy corporations so prominent in his state’s economy—to…

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By Luke GeiverEcoStim Energy Solutions Inc. is pushing all of its U.S. horsepower and equipment to the STACK shale play in Oklahoma. The move will create what the company is calling a super fleet that will help its producer client there concentrate on multi-well pad development and perform zipper fracks. “In reviewing the super fleet…

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By Patrick C. MillerAn oil trading executive with more than 20 years of international experience believes Bakken oil producers should be looking to global markets for their crude. Brady Cook, senior vice president of oil trading with Koch Industries Inc., told attendees at the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference last week in Bismarck, North Dakota, that…

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