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Proppants Market Report

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  • 44 Pages
  • June 2025
  • Region: Global
  • GlobalData
  • ID: 6167475
Global Proppants industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value and volume 2019-24, and forecast to 2029). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.

Key Highlights

  • Proppants are solid materials, mostly sand, treated sand, or man-made ceramic materials used in hydraulic fracturing, a method used to extract oil and gas from deep underground sedimentary rock formations. Proppants prevent the opened fractures from closing on the release of pressure. These proppants are used to keep the artificially created hydraulic fractures open after the injection process to continue and enhance the extraction of oil and gas. Based on type, the proppants market is segmented into frac sand proppants, resin-coated proppants, and ceramic proppants.
  • The global proppants market recorded revenues of $12.71 billion in 2024, representing a negative compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.8% between 2019-24.
  • Market consumption volumes declined with a negative CAGR of 1.3% between 2019-24, reaching a total of 82,588.3 kilotons in 2024.
  • The contraction of the global proppants market during 2019-24 can be attributed to the slowdown in drilling and hydraulic fracturing activity across key shale plays in the US and Argentina, and a shift toward renewable energy in emerging economies such as China and India.

Scope

  • Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments, and leading players in the proppants market in the global
  • Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the global proppants market
  • Leading company profiles reveal details of key proppants market players’ global operations and financial performance
  • Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the Global proppants market with five year forecasts by both value and volume

Reasons to Buy

  • What was the size of the Global proppants market by value in 2024?
  • What will be the size of the Global proppants market in 2029?
  • What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Global proppants market?
  • How has the market performed over the last five years?
  • Who are the top competitors in the global's proppants market?

Table of Contents

1 Executive Summary
1.1. Market value
1.2. Market value forecast
1.3. Market volume
1.4. Market volume forecast
1.5. Category segmentation
1.6. Geography segmentation
1.7. Market rivalry
1.8. Competitive landscape
2 Market Overview
2.1. Market definition
2.2. Market analysis
3 Market Data
3.1. Market value
3.2. Market volume
4 Market Segmentation
4.1. Category segmentation
4.2. Geography segmentation
5 Market Outlook
5.1. Market value forecast
5.2. Market volume forecast
6 Five Forces Analysis
6.1. Summary
6.2. Buyer power
6.3. Supplier power
6.4. New entrants
6.5. Threat of substitutes
6.6. Degree of rivalry
7 Competitive Landscape
7.1. Who are the leading players?
7.2. What are the strategies of the leading players?
7.3. What have been the recent M&A activities?
8 Company Profiles
8.1. U.S. Silica Holdings Inc
8.2. Hexion Inc
8.3. Covia Holdings Corp
8.4. CARBO Ceramics Inc
9 Macroeconomic Indicators
9.1. Country data
10 Appendix
10.1. Methodology
10.2. Industry associations
10.3. Related the analyst research
10.4. About the Analyst
List of Tables
Table 1: Global proppants market value: $ million, 2019-24
Table 2: Global proppants market volume: kilotons, 2019-24
Table 3: Global proppants market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2019-24
Table 4: Global proppants market category segmentation: $ million, 2019-24
Table 5: Global proppants market geography segmentation: $ million, 2024
Table 6: Global proppants market value forecast: $ million, 2024-29
Table 7: Global proppants market volume forecast: kilotons, 2024-29
Table 8: U.S. Silica Holdings Inc: Key Facts
Table 9: U.S. Silica Holdings Inc: key employees
Table 10: Hexion Inc: Key Facts
Table 11: Hexion Inc: key employees
Table 12: Covia Holdings Corp: Key Facts
Table 13: Covia Holdings Corp: key employees
Table 14: CARBO Ceramics Inc: Key Facts
Table 15: CARBO Ceramics Inc: key employees
Table 16: Global Exchange Rate, 2019-24
List of Figures
Figure 1: Global proppants market value: $ million, 2019-24
Figure 2: Global proppants market volume: kilotons, 2019-24
Figure 3: Global proppants market category segmentation: $ million, 2019-24
Figure 4: Global proppants market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2024
Figure 5: Global proppants market value forecast: $ million, 2024-29
Figure 6: Global proppants market volume forecast: kilotons, 2024-29
Figure 7: Forces driving competition in the global proppants market, 2024
Figure 8: Drivers of buyer power in the global proppants market, 2024
Figure 9: Drivers of supplier power in the global proppants market, 2024
Figure 10: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the global proppants market, 2024
Figure 11: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the global proppants market, 2024
Figure 12: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the global proppants market, 2024

Companies Mentioned (Partial List)

A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:

  • U.S. Silica Holdings Inc
  • Hexion Inc
  • Covia Holdings Corp
  • CARBO Ceramics Inc