North America Proppants Market by Type and Application, 2025
Proppant is a sand material, which helps to keep hydraulic fracturing open during hydraulic fracturing treatment. It is used to close the fractures in bore well process. It is used in well stimulation process, in extraction of oil and shale gas. Proppant provides high- conductivity for hydrocarbons to improve extraction of liquid, gas, or other substance in the bore well. There are different types of proppants used in hydraulic fractures. These include frac sand, resin coated, and ceramic.
The North America proppant market growth is driven by the increase in production of oil and shale gas. In addition, rise in industrialization due to technological advancement across the globe also boosts the growth of this market. The increase in demand for vehicles is anticipated to increase the crude oil production, globally. This in turn is expected to positively affect the demand for proppants. The North America proppant market industry is growing due to use of proppant sand for hydraulic fracturing is extending across the North America region. However, growth of the North America proppant market is restrained by harmful effect of proppant pertaining to environment. The high cost of proppant restrains the growth of the proppant market. During hydraulic fracturing, there is significant amount of fluid leakage, which has adverse effect on environment and human health. This factor is expected to slow down the growth of the North America proppant market during the forecast period. Installing a new technology in the hydraulic fracturing is anticipated to provide healthy growth opportunities to the North America proppant market during the forecast period.
Some of the key players operating in the proppant market include US Silica, Carbo Ceramic, Hi Crush LP, Epic Ceramic Proppant Ltd, Badger Mining Corporation, Fairmount Santrol, Halliburton, Hexion, Preferred Sands LLC., and Schlumberger Limite.