<html> <h3><img src="https://images.pexels.com/photos/73830/lava-magma-volcanic-eruption-glow-73830.jpeg?w=940&h=650&auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb" width="940" height="627"/>source: www.pexels.com under CC0 license</h3> <h3>Sand. What a wonderful thing</h3> <p>You can use it to build castles on the beach. Or you can play volleyball on it. Or you can pump tons of it into the ground to get some oil out! Frac sand is the term used for the latter. Now people don't ship sand around the world to build sand castles. Maybe a little. Possibly. Volleyball? Maybe. For a sporting event like the olympics to get the sand just right. But the demand for sand to pump into the ground for "fracking" purposes is exploding at the moment. </p> <h3>Fracking</h3> <p>Fracking is when you pump liquids or sand into the ground. But there is a reason why you do it. You don't just do it for fun. You pump them into the ground like into boreholes, or even into rocks below the ground. Why you ask? Why would anyone do such a crazy thing? Companies who want to make a lot of money do it. When they pump liquid or sand into the ground in the right way, something is bound to happen. Because, remember, now there is too much stuff under the ground than the "space" under the ground can handle. I'm just calling it space, but its not like empty space, it is filled with rocks, and soil. You know like when you dig a hole in your garden. There is soil and rocks.</p> <p>So what happens? Small cracks in the rocks and other stuff below the ground are forced open. And what comes out? Yummy oil and gas. Everyone loves oil and gas. Because you can do cool stuff with it. Like put it in your car, and then when you press the gas pedal with your foot, your car moves forward. So you can go places like to McDonalds to get food or to your job. Gas is also cool because you can use it to cook food. You need a special oven though. Make sure you don't just randomly try heating something with gas (or oil for that matter) if you don't know what you're doing. It can explode and you can hurt yourself. </p> <h3>Anyway, so now you know what fracking is</h3> <p>Now more and more companies want to get that oil and gas out of the ground and sell it to people. But the companies who want the sand are not necessarily located at the same place as where the sand is. So that means you have to ship the sand to where it is needed. But sand is very heavy. And there is not enough to go around right now, if you know what I mean. That is because we are not just talking about any sand. Frac sand is a special kind of sand. </p> <p>So it is heavy and therefore difficult to transport. Plus, there is a shortage of it. So that means, it is becoming an important commodity in the world of shipping. If you become good at shipping frac sand you can make lots and lots of money. Then you can buy some for your car (they add some stuff to it I think so that your is happy with it) and drive to McDonalds when are hungry. Or you can get some gas and make food at home. Up to you.</p> <h3>Not into DIY?</h3> <p>Or, if you don't feel like doing it yourself, you could buy some shares in a company that produces or ships frac sand. Then you can get a little of the money that they make. Plus when you sell your share, it will be worth more than it was when you bought it. </p> <p>I don't think it is too late to invest in frac sand, whether you do it directly or indirectly. With Trump in the White House, America is gonna go BIG into oil and they are gonna need that frac sand to get the oil out of the ground. Even without him, I think the US would go that route. Obama already started loosening the ban on US exports of oil.</p> <p>So for the next 4 to years the US exports of oil will I think continue to skyrocket, as they have over the last couple of years, even at the end of the Obama administration. So if that happens, the demand for frac sand will also increase because America fracks a lot. </p> <h3>Don't believe me? </h3> <p>Here are a couple of articles about the increasing demand for frac sand in the United States:</p> <h3><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-oil-frac-sand-idUSKBN15W0DT">As U.S. shale oil activity surges, sand could be in short supply</a></h3> <h3><a href="https://www.spe.org/en/jpt/jpt-article-detail/?art=3003">Frac Sand Demand Expected To Exceed Peak 2014 Levels</a></h3> <p>Thanks @spaingaroo for sending these links.</p> <p>And <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/05/business/energy-environment/oil-exports-corpus-christi-texas.html?mcubz=1">here</a> is an article about the export boom in the United States (Click on the word "here" :-)</p> <h1><em>DO YOU BELIEVE ME NOW? LOL</em></h1> <h2><em>THANKS FOR READING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! I OFTEN POST ABOUT MARITIME SHIPPING, POLITICS, AND LANGUAGES. </em></h2> <h2><em>I hope you have a wonderful day and please UPVOTE, RESTEEM, COMMENT, AND/OR FOLLOW ME IF YOU LIKE THIS TYPE OF CONTENT!</em></h2> <p><strong>PS: </strong><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/gregorymcneal/2012/08/06/does-mars-belong-to-america-now/#5bda57df2fd0"><strong>Here</strong></a><strong> is an unrelated article about whether or not America owns the moon. Have you seen The Martian? (This article I don't think it has anything to do with frac sand or fracking but sorry I couldn't resist) (Again, click on the word "here" in the previous sentence. Sometimes I forget to do that when I read someone's article :-)).</strong></p> <p><br></p> <div class="text-center"><a href="https://steemit.com/created/teamsouthafrica"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/h2Plvgj.png" alt="signature"></a><br></br>Team South Africa banner designed by @bearone</div> </html>
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Actually true, but the problem in India is that there are lot of illegal activities going on in the name of mining the sand. The government will not get the actual figure how much sand the companies brought out from the river.
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What are they doing with it?
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They are selling it off in the illegal market without the accountability of the government
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