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SUMMARY:Register Now for the 2022 North American Frac Sand Conference Feb 23,24 – Houston
DESCRIPTION:Bringing together frac sand buyers, sellers, and service companies\nThe frac sand industry is adjusting to the current market as oil and gas operations stabilize across the continent. For the year ahead, how will the current environment impact the market for proppants? Will the negative impact be absorbed by a rise in the volume of frac sand being used per well? The supply chain is under pressure to adopt cost-cutting strategies and navigating through the market has become increasingly complex.\nIn addition to market constraints, logistics and transportation companies need to find practical solutions for responding to a low-price regime. The existing US and Canadian transportation networks need to focus on efficiencies in order to economically serve a market looking to cut costs. The overall market supply and logistical challenges are leading to market tightness and price volatilities, which are further aggravated by the added pressures on existing railroad facilities and overall shortages in storage capacity; furthermore, adverse weather related events only exacerbate the situation due to the lack of sufficient in-play storage facilities.\nThe objective of the North American Frac Sand 2022 conference will be to bring the frac sand supply chain industry together to evaluate solutions for overcoming the current market and logistical challenges of supplying frac sand to well sites.\nAgenda:\n0830 – 0930 REGISTRATION AND MORNING REFRESHMENTS\n0930 – 0940 OPENING ADDRESS\nSESSION 01 THE ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS IN TODAY’S OIL PRICE MARKET\n\n\nHow is the current oil price environment effecting the market for ceramic proppants?\nKey indicators show a more intense use of frac sand in new wells across the Eagle Ford and other shale plays\nIs an increase in the volume of proppants used\nAre imported proppants from China a continued threat to U.S. proppant suppliers?\n\nChaired by Sean Collins\n\n0940 – 1010 FRAC SAND VOLUME PROJECTIONS\n\n\n\nForward projections and the market over the last 5 years\nLooking at the trends in frac sand quality over time as they have changed\nUnderstanding the various mesh size trends of sand used for hydraulic fracturing\n\nTim Leshchyshyn\nFracKnowledge\n\n1010 – 1040 LOOKING AT FRAC SAND MARKET SUPPLY AND DEMAND FORECASTS\n\n\n\nBrief market fundamentals and the high-level, oil & gas landscape\nThe current state of North American demand and demand drivers\nCurrent, active, and available supply landscape – across North America\nGeneral market trends and total size ($$) of current and forecasted market\n\nBrandon Savisky\nIHS Markit\n\n1040 – 1100 MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT AREA\nSESSION 02 PROPPANT QUALITY AND APPLICATION\n\n\nAn overview of proppant types and looking at which proppants work best and where\n\n\n\n\nUnderstanding the economics behind proppant specifications and the choices made by end users\nWhat should be looked at when deciding on proppants in terms of the reservoir and the proppant type?\nProppant demand locations from a volume perspective and the major shipping flows across North America\n\nChaired by John Marcus\n\n1100 – 1130 TEXAS FRAC SAND: BASIN PROXIMITY, API QUALITY, AND REGIONAL SOURCES\n\n\n\nUnderstanding the reserve quantity estimate calculations\nUse of geophysical & geotechnical methods to characterize the frac sand deposits\nEconomic viability factors for regional sand deposits\n\nJohn Bryant\nBryant Consultants, Inc\n\n1130 – 1200 UNDERSTANDING PROPPANT EMBEDMENT IN CONTEXT OF SHALE MINERALOGY\n\n\n\nReview of Proppant embedment mechanisms and relevant minerals in shale from ductile to brittle\nLaboratory exploration of Mineralogy, Microstructure, and Geochemistry of shales on Proppant embedment\n\nMileva Radonjic and Allan Katende\nOklahoma State University\n\n1200 – 1330 NETWORKING LUNCH & VISIT FRAC SAND EXHIBITION\nSESSION 03 PROPPANT HANDLING AND MEETING STANDARDS\n\n\nRecent and pending crystalline silica regulations from MSHA and OSHA and how they impact the industry\nDeveloping methods to work with communities and regulators to help win over approvals for new projects\nNew and innovative technologies to help mitigate silica dust pollution during frac sand transportation\n\nChaired by Edward Sanchez\n\n1330 – 1400 RESERVED PRESENTATION\n1400 – 1430 TRANSPORT & STORAGE ADVANCEMENTS ACROSS RAIL, TRUCK, TRANSLOAD, BARGE, AND SHIP\n\n\n\nImproved efficiencies within frac sand transport, handling, and storage\nKnowledge gained on material transport and handling within other key industries\nMaterial transport cost reductions – lessons learned\n\nRobert Carter\nIndustrial Accessories Company\n\n1430 – 1500 AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT AREA\n1500 – 1530 THE CASE FOR SAFE, FLEXIBLE, EFFICIENT CONTRACT MASS EXCAVATION COMPANIES\n\n\n\nLifts the burden of sand suppliers by offloading sand mining and removes burden of people and equipment investments\nAdded services of MassEx companies are valuable – mine planning, mine management, special project completion, etc.\nAllows sand suppliers to focus on core service of providing best in class regional sand to completion companies\nBonus discussion: Operational excellence – Information and data-based intelligence about the frac sand market\n\nCory Ellsworth\nRango Inc\n\n1530 – 1600 OPTIMIZING FRAC SAND OPERATIONS WITH DIGITAL AUTOMATION\n\n\n\nTransitioning from traditional dry mining to automated dredge mining\nFostering a data driven operation with centralization and visualization\n\nBryan Bentley\nHatch\n\n1600 – 1700 NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION\nDAY 2: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2022\n0900 – 0930 MORNING REFRESHMENTS\n0930 – 0940 OPENING ADDRESS\n0940 – 1010 WHY QC?: THE UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES OF MINIMAL QC\n\n\n\nEffects of turbidity on conductivity/ permeability and recommended testing in the standards\nImportance of sizing and how do clusters affect the final product\nHow proppant turbidity effects fluid performance and additional issues with turbidity\n\nLisa O’Connell\nCore Laboratories\n\n1010 – 1040 LNG AS VIRTUAL PIPELINE FUEL FEED TO SAND MINE\n\n\n\nUnderstanding the use of LNG for sand drying, power generation, and current market trends for natural gas & LNG\nAddressing winter weather impact on fuel supplies and considerations for sand miners for avoiding weather disruptions\nLooking at the update on oil and gas activity in the Eagle Ford, Haynesville, and Permian Basin\n\nAndy Pujats\nStabilis Solutions, Inc\n\n1040 – 1100 MORNING COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT AREA\n1100 – 1130 WORKPLACE REGULATION OF RESPIRABLE CRYSTALLINE SILICA\n\n\n\nReopening of the OSHA and MSHA silica rules and implications for those involved in the industry\nOSHA is reopening its 2016 silica rule to make changes to requirements impacting the fracking industry\nRegulatory changes and enforcement practices, including updates to OSHA’s silica NEP, and best practices for compliance\n\nAdele Abrams\nThe Law Office of Adele L. Abrams P.C.\n\n1130 – 1200 EXPLOR SILICA: A WORLD-CLASS SILICA RESOURCE\n\n\n\nAn introduction to this amazing property on the shores of Great Slave Lake\nWe will review the journey from discovery to the present day\n\nAllan Châtenay\nExplor Silica ltd\n\n1200 – 1330 NETWORKING LUNCH & RAFFLE DRAW\n\nFollow UpstreamCalendar.com for upcoming industry events. Upstream Calendar was created to help the industry to synchronize by providing a free lookahead for KEY industry events across the country. We focus on non-profit support, community, and industry specific 2022 Oil and Gas trade shows and conferences for Upstream, Subsea, Offshore, Downhole, Cementing, Completions, Fracking, Pumping, MUD, etc. We are FROM Upstream, FOR Upstream and believe in Networking With A Purpose.\nEmail Ops@MidstreamCalendar.com ( mailto:Ops@MidstreamCalendar.com ) to get involved.\n2022 Oil and Gas Events Houston\n2022 Oil and Gas Events Texas\n2022 Oil and Gas Event Frac Sand\nIf you are wondering when the 2023 North American Frac Sand Conference will be, then look no further. It will be: The 2023 North American Frac Sand Exhibition and Conference will be February 21-22 at South Shore Harbour Resort,\nTexas, USA\n\nRegister Now for the 2023 North American Frac Sand Exhibition & Conference Feb 21, 22 – Houston ( https://upstreamcalendar.com/events/register-now-for-the-2023-north-american-frac-sand-exhibition-conference-feb-21-22-houston/ )\n\n \n
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