（彭博社）“德克萨斯州伊格尔福德地区的一家压裂砂工厂周末起火，危及页岩钻探关键部件的供应。

据圣安东尼奥市 NBC 和 CBS 电视台的报道，Superior Silica Sands LLC 位于圣安东尼奥的砂处理厂于当地时间周六凌晨 2:30 左右开始起火。正常工作时间以外留在苏必利尔亚利桑那州钱德勒总部的语音邮件没有立即回复。 

沙子以及水和化学品是混合物的重要组成部分，压裂机将其泵入页岩井以裂开岩石并释放原油和天然气。 

能源研究公司 Lium LLC 董事总经理约瑟夫·特里普克 (Joseph Triepke) 在一份报告中写道：“我们的预感是，这可能会对到年底的 Eagle Ford 沙子供应（在这场火灾之前就已经非常紧张）造成相当大的破坏。”周六给客户。

(Bloomberg) — A frac-sand plant in the Eagle Ford region of Texas erupted in flames over the weekend, imperiling supplies of a key component in shale drilling.

The blaze at Superior Silica Sands LLC’s sand-processing complex in San Antonio began around 2:30 a.m. local time on Saturday, according to reports from the city’s NBC and CBS television affiliates. A voicemail left at Superior’s Chandler, Arizona, headquarters outside of regular business hours wasn’t immediately returned. 

Sand is an essential part of the mix, along with water and chemicals, that frackers pump into shale wells to crack open the rock and release crude oil and natural gas. 

“Our hunch is that this may be pretty disruptive to Eagle Ford sand supplies (which were already very tight before this fire) through year-end,” Joseph Triepke, managing director at energy-research firm Lium LLC, wrote in a note to clients on Saturday.