Comparison of U.S. sand demand and capacity growth 2013-2016

This statistic displays a comparison of predicted U.S. sand demand and capacity growth between 2013 and 2016. In that period, demand is expected to increase some 96 percent. In the meantime, sand capacities are predicted to increase only 76 percent. According to some sources, the fracking industry could suffer from a frac sand supply shortage over the next years. In 2012, about 2.6 billion U.S. dollars worth of industrial sand and gravel were used and sold in the United States. Most of the produced material was used as hydraulic fracturing sand and well-packing and cementing sand.