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How to select your first crush stress

Published: Thu, 03/26/15

When testing a promising sand sample on a budget, it can sometimes be tricky to figure out where to select an initial crush stress.Let's say you want…

I'd like to buy some coffees

Published: Fri, 03/13/15

I sure love coffee.Doesn't matter whether I'm brewing it at home in my Keurig machine, or at my lab in the Keurig there (smaller "lab scale"…

A Hidden Barite Need

Published: Mon, 03/09/15

Another demand for barite has recently come to my attention, in an industry other than oil & gas or the paint manufacturing industry.A buyer contacted…

Big data meets the frac job

Published: Fri, 02/20/15

A big data tool for Twitter called "Storm" allows for the analysis of the enormous data stream that is going through Twitter each day. There are 140…

Tesla is in town because of graphite

Published: Mon, 01/12/15

Do you have your Tesla car ordered yet?I was a speaker at a club meeting the other day, and after I parked my gas guzzling truck, I noticed that there…

Do you have water well packing sand?

Published: Mon, 12/22/14

Sometimes testing specifications can be a real pain! Especially the frac sand specs – the sand is required to meet superhero requirements for purity,…

Frac sand attrition scrubbing 101

Published: Mon, 11/17/14

Sand clusters are formed when smaller sand particles or fines arecemented to each other, and then often cemented to a large sandparticle. These…

How to Get International Acclaim

Published: Fri, 10/31/14

In the October 2014 newsletter, I discuss how the lab has beenreceiving some international acclaim and listed on Bloomberg.com.Here are some ways that…

The free Frac Sand Explorer's Kit is here

Published: Mon, 10/27/14

Remember the e citement you had when you reached down into the bo of Cracker Jacks and pulled out that free surprise?I've got something even better…

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