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Welcome to our Informative and Educational Articles section. These shorter articles provide information or news on topics for the Oil and Gas and Ice Road Trucking industries. For more unique and in-depth content in the form of a complete series, please check out our Trucking Series tab in the navigation bar.

Transloading Proppants direct from rail car to bulk trailers

Transloading Proppants

Posted onMay 8, 2016June 9, 2016

Transloading proppants is an essential part of the fracturing supply chain in North America. Proppants are shipped in bulk rail cars from the mines and processing plants to storage locations in the oil and gas fields. These storage locations are Read More …

CategoriesInformative and Educational ArticlesTagsfrac sand mines, frac sand storage, proppant storage, transloading frac sand, transloading proppants

2015 Alberta Oilfield layoffs. Very few drilling rigs are working across western Canada

2015 Alberta Oilfield Layoffs

Posted onMay 8, 2016June 10, 2016

The 2015 Alberta oilfield layoffs have been a hot topic lately in the Oil and Gas industry. There’s lots of doom and gloom from the news and from talking to other people in the field. We’re not a news site, Read More …

CategoriesInformative and Educational ArticlesTags2015 Alberta oilfield layoffs, fracturing and service work down, overpaid, truck demurrage

Superfracking. Huge frac sand storage units are needed on location

Superfracking

Posted onSeptember 1, 2015June 10, 2016

What is superfracking? It’s a relatively new term in the oil and gas industry, so what is it and where did it come from? When we add the word “Super” to an existing word it usually mean “Large scale”. This is often the Read More …

CategoriesInformative and Educational ArticlesTagsclustering wells, frac sand, multi-well pad, nitrogen, oil and gas, skidding rigs, Superfracking, telebelt

Frac location accident. Nitrogen and frac sand are hazards from vapour and silica dust clouds.

Frac Location Accident

Posted onAugust 31, 2015June 10, 2016

I’m sure by now most people in the Canadian oil and gas industry are aware of the frac location accident in northern BC. that resulted in the death of a Cal Frac employee. The incident happened off the Jedney Road on March Read More …

CategoriesInformative and Educational ArticlesTagscal frac accident, frac location accident, frac sand dust, Jedney rd, nitrogen vapour, progress energy accident

Truckers View

Posted onAugust 31, 2015June 29, 2016

My truckers view might be a little different than some drivers out there. I’m one of those people that needs and craves constant change in my life. I need to be challenged both physically and mentally, or I quickly become Read More …

CategoriesInformative and Educational ArticlesTagspassive income, truckersview

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