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MATERIAL S ERVICE S T HE M ARCELLUS S HALE R ACE – C IRCA 2011 Opportunities for PA Rail Operators in the “Last Mile”
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MATERIAL S ERVICES About this topic… Marcellus overview – For rail road operators, a game changer Sand: from basic element to hot commodity Partnering with a transloader and frack sand hauler 2
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THE MARCELLUS SHALE The Most Significant Economic Development in PA… ever? 3
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Geographic Location 4 Note that drilling depths (4,000-9,000 feet) far exceed traditional vertical natural gas drilling. Shale drilling requires horizontal penetrations
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A Keystone State Bonanza 5
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This is NOT a short-term play… 6 TCF = Trillions of cubic feet of natural gas
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Sand – Central to the Marcellus Shale When a Ubiquitous Material becomes a Precious Commodity 7
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The 5% Solution! 8 Although comprising just over 5% of the material used to make up a the shale fracturing fluid… sand is virtually the only SOLID material. Hundreds of millions of tons are now consumed annually for natural gas extraction.
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Not just a beach topic anymore… 9
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Transportation – the key issue 10
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The “last mile” opportunity… establishing a partnership Transloading and Frack Sand Hauling 11
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MATERIAL S ERVICES Who Uses the Sand? Well services firms called “fracker’s” – Halliburton, Schlumberger, Pumpco, Fractech – BJ Services, CalFrac, Trican, Universal But sand can be ordered, or producted, from anywhere in the hierarchy starting with the energy company – EOG is building its own sand mine in WI – FracTech has a sand source Most sand is sold by sand producer 12
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Sand to the Well Pad 13
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Transloading is Essential 14 - Barge to Port - Barge to Rail - Rail to Storage - Rail to Truck
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Arrow Materials… is Transloading! 15
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