What does the fox say (about frac sand)?
Published: Thu, 10/31/13
It's this dance club like tune that is all about what noises
animals make.
And the singer's big issue is that he doesn't know what the
fox says.
The chorus line has these crazy sounds, which are theories as to
what the fox says.
Anyway, that may seem like a really strange subject for a song, and
it is. Heh
But strange gets attention.
And, it's worth one watch on Youtube, just for the fun of it.
Little kids love the song video. In fact, my girls watched it so
many times in a row I finally shut the laptop up on them.
Take that, fox.
On a * barely* related issue, many folks wonder whether or not
their sand can be used as frac sand.
Check out this question from a subscriber:
"What would be the best way to determine if the sand was even
worth getting a sample to send in for testing? I'm sure he
could hire a geologist, but is super busy and may not want to
dedicate the time to take that avenue. Is there any way a lay
person can get an idea as to whether or not the sand is worth
sending to your lab?"
This is very common.
It's hard to know whether or not it's worth the time and
money to send in your sample.
Remember that frac sand needs to be pure, round, and strong.
This means that some of the "tell tale" signs are round
individual grains. Try and get a magnifying glass to look at a
single layer of sand.
Most frac sand is nearly pure silica sand, giving it a whitish or
pale color.
It does not have a variety of colored particles, from light to dark
and all over. It is usually not predominantly dark brown.
Many different colored particles means that there are
"uglies" in there besides the silica sand particles.
Let's be honest, though.
It's darn hard to be sure whether or not you have frac sand
unless you get it into a lab like mine for further analysis.
You can do sand testing on a budget. $950 to test the basics, and
give you "go/no-go" results for your sand.
$1,950, and we can run the whole gauntlet of American Petroleum
Institute tests to figure out whether or not you have frac sand.
But these are 2013 prices.
2014 is sure to bring with it inflation of our dollar
(hyperinflation, maybe, with all the money the Fed is printing),
and with it I have to raise my prices on January 1, 2014.
You can get in the door right now for testing by replying to this
e-mail, or going here:
http://www.globalenergylaboratories.com/