What is Frac Sand? A Durable Sand for Hydraulic Fracturing
What Is Frac Sand? quot;Frac sandquot; is a highpurity quartz sand with very durable and very round grains. It is a crushresistant material produced for use by the petroleum industry. It is used in the hydraulic fracturing process (known as quot;frackingquot;) to produce petroleum fluids, such as oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids from rock units that lack adequate pore space for these fluids to flow