Some market participants view fractionation spreads (also called “frac spreads”) as one indication of some natural gas processing companies’ profitability. Frac spreads depend on natural gas liquids ...

Natural gas processors can be sensitive to commodity prices in the form of frac spreads Some market participants view fractionation spreads (also called “frac spreads”) as one indication of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ian writes on fossil energies, climate, and transition to renewables. To many, it’s still a surprise just how big a modern frac ...

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Over the past decade, the number of horizontal wells in the United States has risen from approximately 110,000 to over 200,000 and given the country’s concerted efforts to achieve energy ...

Billionaire Alejandro Bulgheroni’s dream of making fracking more environmentally friendly is running up against the reality of shale-patch economics. The Argentine oil tycoon has pumped about $250 ...

Pumping water mixed with sand in a fracking operation, for Anadarko in Franktown, Colorado. Proppant consists of sand-sized particles injected with frac fluid during a fracking operation. In shale oil ...

Falling demand, abundant supplies, lower prices and and increased competition are hitting the frac sand industry as as it contends with a slowdown in the nation's shale oil and gas fields. Katy sand ...