Proppant Market by Type (Frac Sand Proppant, Resin-coated Proppant, Ceramic Proppant), and Region (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, South America, and the Middle East & Africa) - Global Forecast to 2022

Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION 13

1.1 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 13
1.2 MARKET DEFINITION 13
1.3 MARKET SCOPE 14
1.3.1 YEARS CONSIDERED FOR THE STUDY 14
1.4 CURRENCY 15
1.5 PACKAGE SIZE 15
1.6 STAKEHOLDERS 15

2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 16

2.1 RESEARCH DATA 16
2.1.1 SECONDARY DATA 17
2.1.1.1 Key data from secondary sources 17
2.1.2 PRIMARY DATA 18
2.1.2.1 Key data from primary sources 18
2.1.2.2 Breakdown of primary interviews 18
2.2 MARKET SIZE ESTIMATION 19
2.3 DATA TRIANGULATION 21
2.4 RESEARCH ASSUMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS 22
2.4.1 ASSUMPTIONS 22
2.4.2 LIMITATIONS 23

3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 24
4 PREMIUM INSIGHTS 27

4.1 SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PROPPANT MARKET 27
4.2 PROPPANT MARKET IN ASIA-PACIFIC, BY TYPE AND COUNTRY 27
4.3 GROWTH OF THE PROPPANT MARKET 28
4.4 PROPPANT MARKET, BY TYPE 28

5 MARKET OVERVIEW 29

5.1 INTRODUCTION 30
5.2 COMPARISON OF PROPPANT TYPES 30
5.2.1 BY CLOSURE STRESS 30
5.2.2 BY SHAPE, STRENGTH, AND CONDUCTIVITY 31
5.3 PROPPANT SELECTION 32 
5.4 MARKET DYNAMICS 33
5.4.1 DRIVERS 33
5.4.1.1 Improvements in fracturing technology and new drilling techniques 33
5.4.1.2 Increasing proppant consumption per well 34
5.4.1.3 Innovation in proppant technologies is driving its demand for well drilling 35
5.4.1.4 Growing demand for frac sand proppant 35
5.4.1.5 Increasing demand for ceramic and resin-coated proppants to improve well economics 36
5.4.2 RESTRAINTS 37
5.4.2.1 High cost of ceramic proppant 37
5.4.2.2 Oversupply of crude oil 37
5.4.3 OPPORTUNITIES 37
5.4.3.1 Unconventional oil and gas reserves 37
5.4.4 CHALLENGES 37
5.4.4.1 Water availability and contamination concerns 37
5.5 IMPACT ANALYSIS OF DRIVERS AND RESTRAINTS 38

6 INDUSTRY TRENDS 39

6.1 INTRODUCTION 39
6.2 PROPPANT MARKET TRENDS, BY REGION 39
6.2.1 U.S.: LARGEST PROPPANT MARKET 39
6.2.2 EUROPE: LOWER PROPPANT DEMAND 39
6.2.3 ASIA-PACIFIC: PROPPANT MARKET OPPORTUNITY 40
6.3 SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYSIS 40
6.4 PORTER’S FIVE FORCES 41
6.4.1 THREAT OF SUBSTITUTES 42
6.4.2 THREAT OF NEW ENTRANTS 42
6.4.3 BARGAINING POWER OF SUPPLIERS 43
6.4.4 BARGAINING POWER OF BUYERS 43
6.4.5 INTENSITY OF COMPETITIVE RIVALRY 44

7 MACRO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS 45

7.1.1 GDP GROWTH RATE FORECAST OF MAJOR ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD 45
7.1.2 OIL & GAS INDUSTRY ANALYSIS 46
7.2 PATENT ANALYSIS 48

8 PROPPANT MARKET, BY TYPE 50

8.1 INTRODUCTION 51
8.2 FRAC SAND PROPPANT 53
8.3 RESIN–COATED PROPPANT 54
8.4 CERAMIC PROPPANT 56
 

9 PROPPANT MARKET, BY APPLICATION 58

9.1 INTRODUCTION 58

10 PROPPANT MARKET, BY REGION 60

10.1 INTRODUCTION 61
10.2 NORTH AMERICA 63
10.2.1 U.S. 65
10.2.2 CANADA 66
10.2.3 MEXICO 67
10.3 EUROPE 68
10.3.1 RUSSIA 69
10.3.2 POLAND 70
10.3.3 REST OF EUROPE 71
10.4 ASIA-PACIFIC 72
10.4.1 CHINA 75
10.4.2 INDIA 76
10.4.3 AUSTRALIA 77
10.4.4 REST OF ASIA-PACIFIC 78
10.5 SOUTH AMERICA 79
10.5.1 ARGENTINA 80
10.5.2 BRAZIL 81
10.5.3 COLOMBIA 82
10.5.4 REST OF SOUTH AMERICA 83
10.6 MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA 84
10.6.1 SOUTH AFRICA 85
10.6.2 ALGERIA 86
10.6.3 REST OF MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA 87

11 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE 89

11.1 INTRODUCTION 89
11.2 OVERVIEW 90
11.3 COMPETITIVE BENCHMARKING 91
11.3.1 PRODUCT OFFERINGS 91
11.3.2 BUSINESS STRATEGY 92
 

12 COMPANY PROFILES 93

(Overview, Financial*, Products & Services, Strategy, and Developments)
12.1 CARBO CERAMICS INC. 93
12.2 SAINT-GOBAIN PROPPANTS INC. 97
12.3 U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC. 99
12.4 JOINT SOCK COMPANY BOROVICHI REFRACTORIES PLANT 103
12.5 YIXING ORIENT PETROLEUM PROPPANT CO., LTD. 105
12.6 MINERAÇÃO CURIMBABA LTDA 107
12.7 CHINA GENGSHENG MINERALS, INC. 109
12.8 FAIRMOUNT SANTROL HOLDINGS INC. 111
12.9 SUPERIOR SILICA SANDS LLC 115
12.10 HI-CRUSH PARTNERS LP 117
12.11 HEXION INC. 120
12.12 OTHER KEY MARKET PLAYERS 123
12.12.1 UNIMIN CORPORATION 123
12.12.2 PREFERRED SANDS LLC 123
12.12.3 FORES LTD. 123
12.12.4 BADGER MINING CORPORATION (BMC) 123
12.12.5 SMART SAND INC. 123
12.12.6 MISSISSIPPI SAND LLC 124
12.12.7 CHANGQING PROPPANT CORPORATION 124
12.12.8 YANGQUAN CHANGQING PETROLEUM PROPPANT CO., LTD. 124
12.12.9 EAGLE MATERIALS 124
*Details might not be captured in case of unlisted companies
13 APPENDIX 125

LIST OF TABLES

TABLE 1 COMPARISON OF PROPPANT TYPES, BY SHAPE, STRENGTH, AND CONDUCTIVITY 31
TABLE 2 TRENDS AND FORECAST FOR GDP GROWTH RATES BETWEEN 2016 AND 2021 45
TABLE 3 PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 52
TABLE 4 PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 52
TABLE 5 FRAC SAND PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY REGION, 2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 53
TABLE 6 FRAC SAND PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY REGION, 2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 54
TABLE 7 PROPERTIES OF RESINS USED TO COAT PROPPANTS 54
TABLE 8 RESIN-COATED PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY REGION, 2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 55
TABLE 9 RESIN-COATED PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY REGION, 2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 55
TABLE 10 CERAMIC PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY REGION, 2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 57
TABLE 11 CERAMIC PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY REGION, 2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 57
TABLE 12 PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY REGION, 2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 62
TABLE 13 PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY REGION, 2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 62
TABLE 14 NORTH AMERICA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY,
2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 64
TABLE 15 NORTH AMERICA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY,
2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 64
TABLE 16 NORTH AMERICA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 64
TABLE 17 NORTH AMERICA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 64
TABLE 18 U.S.: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 65
TABLE 19 U.S.: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 66
TABLE 20 CANADA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 66
TABLE 21 CANADA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 67
TABLE 22 MEXICO: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 67
TABLE 23 MEXICO: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 67
TABLE 24 EUROPE: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY, 2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 68
TABLE 25 EUROPE: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY, 2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 68
TABLE 26 EUROPE: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 69
TABLE 27 EUROPE: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 69
TABLE 28 RUSSIA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 69
TABLE 29 RUSSIA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 70
TABLE 30 POLAND: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 70
TABLE 31 POLAND: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 70
TABLE 32 REST OF EUROPE: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 71
TABLE 33 REST OF EUROPE: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 71
TABLE 34 ASIA-PACIFIC: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY, 2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 73
TABLE 35 ASIA-PACIFIC: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY, 2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 73
TABLE 36 ASIA-PACIFIC: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2017–2022 (USD MILLION) 73
TABLE 37 ASIA-PACIFIC: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2017–2022 (MILLION TON) 73
TABLE 38 CHINA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2017–2022 (USD MILLION) 75
TABLE 39 CHINA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2017–2022 (MILLION TON) 75
TABLE 40 INDIA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2017–2022 (USD MILLION) 76
TABLE 41 INDIA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2017–2022 (MILLION TON) 76
TABLE 42 AUSTRALIA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2017–2022 (USD MILLION) 77
TABLE 43 AUSTRALIA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2017–2022 (MILLION TON) 77
TABLE 44 REST OF ASIA-PACIFIC: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE,
2017–2022 (USD MILLION) 78
TABLE 45 REST OF ASIA-PACIFIC: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE,
2017–2022 (MILLION TON) 78
TABLE 46 SOUTH AMERICA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY,
2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 79
TABLE 47 SOUTH AMERICA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY,
2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 79
TABLE 48 SOUTH AMERICA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 80
TABLE 49 SOUTH AMERICA: PROPPANT, MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 80
TABLE 50 ARGENTINA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 81
TABLE 51 ARGENTINA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 81
TABLE 52 BRAZIL: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 82
TABLE 53 BRAZIL: PROPPANT, MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 82
TABLE 54 COLOMBIA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 82
TABLE 55 COLOMBIA: PROPPANT, MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 83
TABLE 56 REST OF SOUTH AMERICA: PROPPANTS MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE,
2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 83
TABLE 57 REST OF SOUTH AMERICA: PROPPANTS MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE,
2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 83
TABLE 58 MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY,
2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 84
TABLE 59 MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY COUNTRY,
2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 84
TABLE 60 MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE,
2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 84
TABLE 61 MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE,
2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 85
TABLE 62 SOUTH AFRICA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 85
TABLE 63 SOUTH AFRICA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 86
TABLE 64 ALGERIA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 86
TABLE 65 ALGERIA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE, 2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 87
TABLE 66 REST OF MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE,
2015–2022 (USD MILLION) 87
TABLE 67 REST OF MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA: PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, BY TYPE,
2015–2022 (MILLION TON) 88

LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE 1 PROPPANTS MARKET: RESEARCH DESIGN 16
FIGURE 2 MARKET SIZE ESTIMATION: BOTTOM-UP APPROACH 19
FIGURE 3 MARKET SIZE ESTIMATION: TOP-DOWN APPROACH 20
FIGURE 4 PROPPANT MARKET: DATA TRIANGULATION 21
FIGURE 5 FRAC SAND PROPPANT TO BE THE DOMINANT SEGMENT BETWEEN
2017 AND 2022 25
FIGURE 6 NORTH AMERICA DOMINATES PROPPANT MARKET IN 2017 25
FIGURE 7 PROPPANT MARKET SIZE, 2017 VS. 2022 (USD BILLION) 27
FIGURE 8 CHINA TO LEAD THE PROPPANT MARKET IN ASIA-PACIFIC 27
FIGURE 9 INDIA IS THE FASTEST-GROWING MARKET, 2017–2022 28
FIGURE 10 FRAC SAND TO DOMINATE THE OVERALL PROPPANT MARKET, 2017–2022 28
FIGURE 11 RESIN-COATED BAUXITE WITHSTANDS HIGHEST CLOSURE STRESS 30
FIGURE 12 CERAMIC PROPPANT TO BE THE SUPERIOR TYPE 31
FIGURE 13 PROPPANT SELECTION CRITERIA 32
FIGURE 14 INCREASING DEMAND FOR CERAMIC AND RESIN-COATED PROPPANTS IN NEW DRILLING TECHNIQUES WILL DRIVE THE MARKET 33
FIGURE 15 INDUSTRIAL SAND AND GRAVEL PRODUCTION IN THE U.S.,
2011–2015 (MILLION TON) 36
FIGURE 16 SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYSIS 40
FIGURE 17 PORTER’S FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 41
FIGURE 18 INCREASE IN NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION BETWEEN 2012 AND 2040 46
FIGURE 19 WORLD NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION, 2012–2040 46
FIGURE 20 NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION IN KEY COUNTRIES, BY TYPE (2012–2040) 47
FIGURE 21 SHALE GAS RESERVES BY KEY COUNTRIES, 2015 47
FIGURE 22 U.S. ACCOUNTED FOR MAXIMUM PATENTS BETWEEN 2013 AND 2016 48
FIGURE 23 58 PATENTS REGISTERED IN U.S. IN 2016 49
FIGURE 24 FRAC SAND PROPPANT ACCOUNTED FOR THE LARGEST SHARE IN 2016 51
FIGURE 25 FRAC SAND TO LEAD THE PROPPANT MARKET DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD 51
FIGURE 26 NORTH AMERICA TO DOMINATE THE FRAC SAND PROPPANT MARKET DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD 53
FIGURE 27 RESIN-COATED PROPPANT MARKET IN ASIA-PACIFIC TO REGISTER THE HIGHEST CAGR DURING FORECAST PERIOD 55
FIGURE 28 CERAMIC PROPPANT MARKET IN ASIA-PACIFIC TO REGISTER THE HIGHEST CAGR DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD 56
FIGURE 29 FACTORS DIRECTLY AFFECTING PROPPANT DEMAND 58
FIGURE 30 REGIONAL SNAPSHOT: RAPIDLY GROWING MARKETS ARE EMERGING AS NEW STRATEGIC LOCATIONS 61
FIGURE 31 NORTH AMERICAN PROPPANT MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. TO BE THE LARGEST MARKET 63
FIGURE 32 U.S. MARKET SNAPSHOT, 2017 VS. 2022 65
FIGURE 33 ASIA-PACIFIC MARKET SNAPSHOT: CHINA TO BE THE LARGEST MARKET 72
FIGURE 34 FRAC SAND ACCOUNTED FOR THE LARGEST SHARE OF PROPPANT MARKET IN ASIA-PACIFIC, 2016 74
FIGURE 35 DIVE CHART 90
FIGURE 36 CARBO CERAMICS INC.: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 93
FIGURE 37 U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS, INC.: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 99
FIGURE 38 FAIRMOUNT SANTROL HOLDINGS INC.: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 111
FIGURE 39 HI-CRUSH PARTNERS LP: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 117
FIGURE 40 HEXION INC.: COMPANY SNAPSHOT 120

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