Global Proppants Market 2024-2028

Global Proppants Market 2024-2028


The proppants market is forecasted to grow by USD 5.30 bn during 2023-2028, accelerating at a CAGR of 8.42% during the forecast period. The report on the proppants market provides a holistic analysis, market size and forecast, trends, growth drivers, and challenges, as well as vendor analysis covering around 25 vendors.

The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, the latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environment. The market is driven by growing demand for fine mesh raw frac sand, abundance of unconventional oil and gas resources, and rising investments in shale oil and gas.

Technavio's proppants market is segmented as below:

By Product Type
  • Frac sand
  • Ceramic proppants
  • Resin coated proppants
By Application
  • Shale gas
  • Coal bed methane
  • Tight gas
  • Others
By Geographical Landscape
  • North America
  • Europe
  • APAC
  • South America
  • Middle East and Africa
This study identifies the technological developments in hydraulic fracturing process as one of the prime reasons driving the proppants market growth during the next few years. Also, growing petroleum refining and rise in adoption of green fracking methods will lead to sizable demand in the market.

The report on the proppants market covers the following areas:
  • Proppants market sizing
  • Proppants market forecast
  • Proppants market industry analysis
The robust vendor analysis is designed to help clients improve their market position, and in line with this, this report provides a detailed analysis of several leading proppants market vendors that include Atlas Energy Solutions, Inc., Badger Mining Corp., Baker Hughes Co., CARBO Ceramics Inc., ChangQing Proppant Corp., Compagnie de Saint Gobain, Covia Holdings LLC, Curimbaba Group, Hexion Inc., Hi Crush Inc., JSC Borovichi Refractories Plant, Minerals Technologies Inc., nikapetrotech.com, Preferred Proppants LLC, Schlumberger Ltd., SUN Specialty Products, US Silica Holdings Inc., WaterTectonics Inc., Xinmi Wanli Industry Development Co. Ltd., and Rockleigh Industries Inc.. Also, the proppants market analysis report includes information on upcoming trends and challenges that will influence market growth. This is to help companies strategize and leverage all forthcoming growth opportunities.

The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market and vendor landscape in addition to an analysis of the key vendors.

The publisher presents a detailed picture of the market by the way of study, synthesis, and summation of data from multiple sources by an analysis of key parameters such as profit, pricing, competition, and promotions. It presents various market facets by identifying the key industry influencers. The data presented is comprehensive, reliable, and a result of extensive research - both primary and secondary. The market research reports provide a complete competitive landscape and an in-depth vendor selection methodology and analysis using qualitative and quantitative research to forecast the accurate market growth.


  • Executive Summary
    • Market overview
      • Table Executive Summary – Chart on Market Overview
      • Table Executive Summary – Data Table on Market Overview
      • Table Executive Summary – Chart on Global Market Characteristics
      • Table Executive Summary – Chart on Market by Geography
      • Table Executive Summary – Chart on Market Segmentation by Product Type
      • Table Executive Summary – Chart on Market Segmentation by Application
      • Table Executive Summary – Chart on Incremental Growth
      • Table Executive Summary – Data Table on Incremental Growth
      • Table Executive Summary – Chart on Vendor Market Positioning
  • Market Landscape
    • Market ecosystem
      • Table Parent market
      • Table Market Characteristics
  • Market Sizing
    • Market definition
      • Table Offerings of vendors included in the market definition
    • Market segment analysis
      • Table Market segments
    • Market size 2023
    • Market outlook: Forecast for 2023-2028
      • Table Chart on Global - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Data Table on Global - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Chart on Global Market: Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
      • Table Data Table on Global Market: Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
  • Historic Market Size
    • Global proppants market 2018 - 2022
      • Table Historic Market Size – Data table on global proppants market 2018 - 2022 ($ million)
    • Product Type Segment Analysis 2018 - 2022
      • Table Historic Market Size – Product Type Segment 2018 - 2022 ($ million)
    • Application Segment Analysis 2018 - 2022
      • Table Historic Market Size – Application Segment 2018 - 2022 ($ million)
    • Geography Segment Analysis 2018 - 2022
      • Table Historic Market Size – Geography Segment 2018 - 2022 ($ million)
    • Country Segment Analysis 2018 - 2022
      • Table Historic Market Size – Country Segment 2018 - 2022 ($ million)
  • Five Forces Analysis
    • Five forces summary
      • Table Five forces analysis - Comparison between 2023 and 2028
    • Bargaining power of buyers
      • Table Chart on Bargaining power of buyers – Impact of key factors 2023 and 2028
    • Bargaining power of suppliers
      • Table Bargaining power of suppliers – Impact of key factors in 2023 and 2028
    • Threat of new entrants
      • Table Threat of new entrants – Impact of key factors in 2023 and 2028
    • Threat of substitutes
      • Table Threat of substitutes – Impact of key factors in 2023 and 2028
    • Threat of rivalry
      • Table Threat of rivalry – Impact of key factors in 2023 and 2028
    • Market condition
      • Table Chart on Market condition - Five forces 2023 and 2028
  • Market Segmentation by Product Type
    • Market segments
      • Table Chart on Product Type - Market share 2023-2028 (%)
      • Table Data Table on Product Type - Market share 2023-2028 (%)
    • Comparison by Product Type
      • Table Chart on Comparison by Product Type
      • Table Data Table on Comparison by Product Type
    • Frac sand - Market size and forecast 2023-2028
      • Table Chart on Frac sand - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Data Table on Frac sand - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Chart on Frac sand - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
      • Table Data Table on Frac sand - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
    • Ceramic proppants - Market size and forecast 2023-2028
      • Table Chart on Ceramic proppants - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Data Table on Ceramic proppants - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Chart on Ceramic proppants - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
      • Table Data Table on Ceramic proppants - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
    • Resin coated proppants - Market size and forecast 2023- 2028
      • Table Chart on Resin coated proppants - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Data Table on Resin coated proppants - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Chart on Resin coated proppants - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
      • Table Data Table on Resin coated proppants - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
    • Market opportunity by Product Type
      • Table Market opportunity by Product Type ($ million)
      • Table Data Table on Market opportunity by Product Type ($ million)
  • Market Segmentation by Application
    • Market segments
      • Table Chart on Application - Market share 2023-2028 (%)
      • Table Data Table on Application - Market share 2023-2028 (%)
    • Comparison by Application
      • Table Chart on Comparison by Application
      • Table Data Table on Comparison by Application
    • Shale gas - Market size and forecast 2023-2028
      • Table Chart on Shale gas - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Data Table on Shale gas - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Chart on Shale gas - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
      • Table Data Table on Shale gas - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
    • Coal bed methane - Market size and forecast 2023-2028
      • Table Chart on Coal bed methane - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Data Table on Coal bed methane - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Chart on Coal bed methane - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
      • Table Data Table on Coal bed methane - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
    • Tight gas - Market size and forecast 2023-2028
      • Table Chart on Tight gas - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Data Table on Tight gas - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Chart on Tight gas - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
      • Table Data Table on Tight gas - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
    • Others - Market size and forecast 2023-2028
      • Table Chart on Others - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Data Table on Others - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Chart on Others - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
      • Table Data Table on Others - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
    • Market opportunity by Application
      • Table Market opportunity by Application ($ million)
      • Table Data Table on Market opportunity by Application ($ million)
  • Customer Landscape
    • Customer landscape overview
      • Table Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria
  • Geographic Landscape
    • Geographic segmentation
      • Table Chart on Market share by geography 2023-2028 (%)
      • Table Data Table on Market share by geography 2023-2028 (%)
    • Geographic comparison
      • Table Chart on Geographic comparison
      • Table Data Table on Geographic comparison
    • North America - Market size and forecast 2023-2028
      • Table Chart on North America - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Data Table on North America - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Chart on North America - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
      • Table Data Table on North America - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
    • Europe - Market size and forecast 2023-2028
      • Table Chart on Europe - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Data Table on Europe - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Chart on Europe - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
      • Table Data Table on Europe - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
    • APAC - Market size and forecast 2023-2028
      • Table Chart on APAC - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Data Table on APAC - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Chart on APAC - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
      • Table Data Table on APAC - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
    • South America - Market size and forecast 2023-2028
      • Table Chart on South America - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Data Table on South America - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Chart on South America - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
      • Table Data Table on South America - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
    • Middle East and Africa - Market size and forecast 2023- 2028
      • Table Chart on Middle East and Africa - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Data Table on Middle East and Africa - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Chart on Middle East and Africa - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
      • Table Data Table on Middle East and Africa - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
    • US - Market size and forecast 2023-2028
      • Table Chart on US - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Data Table on US - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Chart on US - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
      • Table Data Table on US - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
    • China - Market size and forecast 2023-2028
      • Table Chart on China - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Data Table on China - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Chart on China - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
      • Table Data Table on China - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
    • Germany - Market size and forecast 2023-2028
      • Table Chart on Germany - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Data Table on Germany - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Chart on Germany - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
      • Table Data Table on Germany - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
    • India - Market size and forecast 2023-2028
      • Table Chart on India - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Data Table on India - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Chart on India - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
      • Table Data Table on India - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
    • Japan - Market size and forecast 2023-2028
      • Table Chart on Japan - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Data Table on Japan - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ million)
      • Table Chart on Japan - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
      • Table Data Table on Japan - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
    • Market opportunity by geography
      • Table Market opportunity by geography ($ million)
      • Table Data Tables on Market opportunity by geography ($ million)
  • Drivers, Challenges, and Trends
    • Market drivers
      • Growing demand for fine mesh raw frac sand
      • Abundance of unconventional oil and gas resources
    • Market challenges
      • Increasing dependency on renewable energy sources
      • Environmental concerns associated with hydraulic fracturing process
    • Impact of drivers and challenges
      • Table Impact of drivers and challenges in 2023 and 2028
    • Market trends
      • Technological developments in hydraulic fracturing process
      • Growing petroleum refining
  • Vendor Landscape
    • Overview
    • Vendor landscape
      • Table Overview on Criticality of inputs and Factors of differentiation
    • Landscape disruption
      • Table Overview on factors of disruption
    • Industry risks
      • Table Impact of key risks on business
  • Vendor Analysis
    • Vendors covered
      • Table Vendors covered
    • Market positioning of vendors
      • Table Matrix on vendor position and classification
    • Atlas Energy Solutions, Inc.
      • Table Atlas Energy Solutions, Inc. - Overview
      • Table Atlas Energy Solutions, Inc. - Product / Service
      • Table Atlas Energy Solutions, Inc. - Key offerings
    • Badger Mining Corp.
      • Table Badger Mining Corp. - Overview
      • Table Badger Mining Corp. - Product / Service
      • Table Badger Mining Corp. - Key offerings
    • Baker Hughes Co.
      • Table Baker Hughes Co. - Overview
      • Table Baker Hughes Co. - Business segments
      • Table Baker Hughes Co. - Key news
      • Table Baker Hughes Co. - Key offerings
      • Table Baker Hughes Co. - Segment focus
    • CARBO Ceramics Inc.
      • Table CARBO Ceramics Inc. - Overview
      • Table CARBO Ceramics Inc. - Product / Service
      • Table CARBO Ceramics Inc. - Key offerings
    • ChangQing Proppant Corp.
      • Table ChangQing Proppant Corp. - Overview
      • Table ChangQing Proppant Corp. - Product / Service
      • Table ChangQing Proppant Corp. - Key offerings
    • Covia Holdings LLC
      • Table Covia Holdings LLC - Overview
      • Table Covia Holdings LLC - Product / Service
      • Table Covia Holdings LLC - Key offerings
    • Curimbaba Group
      • Table Curimbaba Group - Overview
      • Table Curimbaba Group - Product / Service
      • Table Curimbaba Group - Key offerings
    • Hexion Inc.
      • Table Hexion Inc. - Overview
      • Table Hexion Inc. - Product / Service
      • Table Hexion Inc. - Key news
      • Table Hexion Inc. - Key offerings
    • Hi Crush Inc.
      • Table Hi Crush Inc. - Overview
      • Table Hi Crush Inc. - Product / Service
      • Table Hi Crush Inc. - Key offerings
    • Minerals Technologies Inc.
      • Table Minerals Technologies Inc. - Overview
      • Table Minerals Technologies Inc. - Business segments
      • Table Minerals Technologies Inc. - Key offerings
      • Table Minerals Technologies Inc. - Segment focus
    • Preferred Proppants LLC
      • Table Preferred Proppants LLC - Overview
      • Table Preferred Proppants LLC - Product / Service
      • Table Preferred Proppants LLC - Key offerings
    • Schlumberger Ltd.
      • Table Schlumberger Ltd. - Overview
      • Table Schlumberger Ltd. - Business segments
      • Table Schlumberger Ltd. - Key news
      • Table Schlumberger Ltd. - Key offerings
      • Table Schlumberger Ltd. - Segment focus
    • SUN Specialty Products
      • Table SUN Specialty Products - Overview
      • Table SUN Specialty Products - Product / Service
      • Table SUN Specialty Products - Key offerings
    • US Silica Holdings Inc.
      • Table US Silica Holdings Inc. - Overview
      • Table US Silica Holdings Inc. - Business segments
      • Table US Silica Holdings Inc. - Key offerings
      • Table US Silica Holdings Inc. - Segment focus
    • Xinmi Wanli Industry Development Co. Ltd.
      • Table Xinmi Wanli Industry Development Co. Ltd. - Overview
      • Table Xinmi Wanli Industry Development Co. Ltd. - Product / Service
      • Table Xinmi Wanli Industry Development Co. Ltd. - Key offerings
  • Appendix
    • Scope of the report
      • Market definition
      • Objectives
      • Notes and caveats
    • Inclusions and exclusions checklist
      • Table Inclusions checklist
      • Table Exclusions checklist
    • Currency conversion rates for US$
      • Table Currency conversion rates for US$
    • Research methodology
      • Table Research methodology
      • Table Validation techniques employed for market sizing
      • Table Information sources
    • List of abbreviations
      • Table List of abbreviations

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