There's Sand In Them There Hills

JONJO THE MISER

It’s not a gold rush, but a sand rush that is taking place in the U.S Midwest, where a rare type of sand used in the energy extraction process known as hydraulic fracturing is exclusively found.
Land in some small farming towns is selling for $50,000 an acre:eek:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/06/26/sand-rush-in-midwest-where-rare-material-for-fracking-is-mined/

I wonder do we have any of this type of sand in Ireland.

im blue daba dee

Frackin' hell!

Alf. A. Male

Ripping up the land to use it in another process of ripping up the land. Will we just take off and nuke the kip from orbit to be done with it?

Capt'n Midnight

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

I wonder do we have any of this type of sand in Ireland.

Not sure

but there was a crowd down in Wicklow that used to export sand to Saudi Arabia.

gctest50

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Land in some small farming towns is selling for $50,000 an acre:eek:

I wonder do we have any of this type of sand in Ireland.

Could be your really lucky day -

frac sand - proppant ( cos it props the cracks open )

ordinary sand on left - frac sand on the right







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Tail Docker

Look like a load of balls to me.

NoHornJan

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

It’s not a gold rush, but a sand rush that is taking place in the U.S Midwest, where a rare type of sand used in the energy extraction process known as hydraulic fracturing is exclusively found.
Land in some small farming towns is selling for $50,000 an acre:eek:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/06/26/sand-rush-in-midwest-where-rare-material-for-fracking-is-mined/

I wonder do we have any of this type of sand in Ireland.

It's just another mineral and if it can be exploited, it will.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Nice thread title.

gctest50

neutralvu wrote: »

It would make inch beach worth millons of euro

is it like this stuff on the right ? :

http://i.imgur.com/lPJ2dKK.jpg

get busy with your bucket n spade