Houston-based Hi-Crush said last week it reached agreement with Pioneer Natural Resources to deploy Hi-Crush’s sixth OnCore mobile mining unit in Midland Basin to supply frac sand for Pioneer well completions. It will be Hi-Crush’s second OnCore deployment for Pioneer and its fifth deployment in Midland Basin. Dirk Hallen, Hi-Crush CEO, said March 21 the company is “the clear industry leader in in-field mining and damp sand production and logistics.”
OnCore Processing, wholly owned subsidiary of Hi-Crush, operates mobile mining units that produce damp sand for use in operators’ well completions. Hi-Crush said a mobile unit “enables OnCore to reduce the transportation costs and number of trucks needed to supply each well and to lower GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions through fewer miles driven and less natural gas used during the production process.”