Business View Magazine | April 2020

90 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE APRIL 2020 PREFERRED VENDORS n Shale Support www.shalesupport.com Shale Support is a leading provider of frac-sands and logistical solutions to the oil and gas proppant market and Shale Support’s products work to enhance the recovery rates of hydrocarbon products from natural gas and crude oil wells. Shale Support and its executive team of leaders has diverse and significant depth of knowledge in the chemical, petrochemical, logistics, investment and financing and energy services industries, which greatly enhance the business relationships Shale Support has with its customers, investors and the communities it serves. Shale Support operates an extensive mining and transload network strategically aligned with key destination terminals that serve the Marcellus, Utica, Haynesville, Permian and Eagle Ford Shale Basins. With the logistic flexibility to ship proppant via rail, road and barge, Shale Support’s network boasts more than 80 million tons of frac-sand reserves within its mining properties and most recently, Shale Support has signed two new contracts to be a provider of proppant for two tier-one natural gas exploration and production companies. n Cummins www.cummins.com close to the heart of the ProFrac team. In that regard, the company is an active member of the Permian Road Coalition – a group trying to get the local municipalities to work with them on increasing road safety in the Permian Basin. ProFrac also supports the local school districts by volunteering with fundraisers for school supplies and other worthy causes. Speaking to the negative reputation that the fracking industry has been tainted with in the media, Kaster asserts, “People just hear the bad side about our industry; they don’t realize what we’re trying to do. Without fracking we wouldn’t have affordable energy. It’s all about education, and we’re on top of that.”