


Our use of sand brings us "up against the wall", says UNEP report - Sand and Gravel Production Book – Institute of Quarrying
Offshore oil and gas wells are more expensive to develop and in order to provide production cycle they all carry out prior sand control to prevent the well from being scrapped due to sand out. At present, the horizontal well gravel filling process is mostly used offshore, which is a complex process and involves the cooperation of many parties.Sand and gravel are used extensively in construction. In the preparation of concrete, for each tonne of cement, the building industry needs about six to seven times more tonnes of sand and gravel (USGS, 2013b). Thus, the world's use of aggregates for concrete can be estimated at 25.9 billion to 29.6 billion tonnes a year for 2012 alone.
