"Breaking Bad style" frac sand test scenarios
Published: Mon, 09/23/13
Breaking Bad is a tv series that has become very popular over the
last few year.
The final season is on right now, and then it will be done forever.
If you are not one of the avid Breaking Bad fans (yet), I'll
give you a quick run down on the story.
It's certainly one of the most original drama story lines ever
to be shown on television in the US.
Breaking Bad is a series about a high school chemistry teacher that
- over time - becomes a crystal meth kingpin.
He starts out small, of course.
You see, he learns that he has lung cancer, but he knows that he
needs to provide for his family, should he die (which is a very
likely scenario for him).
His wife is pregnant when he finds out about the cancer, so he
quickly gets "creative" with building a stack of money
for his family to get when he dies.
Secretly, he starts cooking meth out in the desert. Over several
season, he evolves from a meek teacher to a ruthless drug kingpin.
I started watching the series way back in the first season.
But, it got so dark so fast that I lost interest.
For instance, one of the scenes that really shocked me involved the
teacher getting rid of a bad guy in a tub of acid.
Yeah, nasty.
A similar thing happened for me with the Deadwood series - the show
was just too darn dark. I like some humor in a story.
So I stopped watching Breaking Bad.
This was probably the year 2008.
Recently, I picked up the series where I left off. I'm now
into season 2 on Netflix and really enjoying it. I'll squeeze
in an occasional episode when the kids go to bed.
A similar thing happens sometimes with frac sand explorers.
They first get enthused when they find their sand that could
possibly used for hydraulic fracturing.
Then, they discover after some initial testing that the sand is not
high enough quality to be used as frac sand.
Some of them give up their search forever.
Some of them give up their search temporarily. Later on they start
searching other locations for sand, with a renewed sense of
enthusiasm.
A few sand explorers keep up an aggressive search, taking the news
of poor results in stride. They keep searching and testing. The
bad test results don't bother them.
Which one of these are you?
It doesn't really matter to us at the lab.
As long as you have sand that you want tested, our lab can do it
quickly and economically.
For instance, you can get an entire American Petroleum Institute
test series done on your sand for $1,950, complete.
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