sand and gravel

[riders2010]

What is the oil industry paying for sand and gravel and what are they looking for most?

[grassfarmer]

Frac sand is what they are looking for most LOL. Over US$50 ton now. Use is growing exponentially with up to 10,000 tons per well being used.
Find some of that and start a mine, pipe your surplus water to Alberta, quit playing around trying to grow grain crops. The boom is on, the future is now, screw the consequences, don't worry about the earthquakes, that your kids might not have water to drink in a few years or that the land base to grow their food is being contaminated.
It's all progress in feeding our energy addiction.

[greybeard]

A frac sand pit near here just shut down.
Suppose to be replaced from Nevada. Probably come out of the ground dry there?

[greybeard]

Just put in a 40 x 26 pad with a 6in gravel base. $1100 delivered left me with very little extra.

[checking]

So a little less than 20 yards, $50.00/yd with a $100.00 delivery fee for your $1100.00. Have heard as high as $80.00/yard, and a delivery charge.

Better stock up as there are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on earth!!

[farmaholic]

Ironically I believe there is more gravel trucked down the highway to Regina near me than grain. There are some pits nearby that are being used to supply product for the building boom. They even designated the highway out of the city primary weights but only goes so far and there is no more primary roads or "Clearing the Path" grids connecting the end of the highway primary weight. I remember after graduation working at a partime job
and driving that stretch of road, it was allot better than it is today. I hope they remember why the road
is in the condition it is, I suppose the fact that old
wooden elevators are no longer part of the grain
handling system might have something to do with it
as well. But my point is, if it wasnt for the need of gravel to build Regina, it would all be secondary weights.

Our RM also woke up one day and realized gravel is a finite resource. We used to be able to get some for our yards and drive ways very cheap, no any more. In fact, they are even stingy with it on the municipal roads.