In December, Cadre Proppants opened the worldâs first proppant-on-demand system (PoDS). Located at the companyâs headquarters in Voca, Texas â which is the largest single-line proppant plant in the state â the service was designed to reduce costs associated with scheduling, transportation and storage of large volumes of proppant required by customers that perform hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells.
The history of thesegroups has been investigated by archaeologists for over ahundred years, revealing patterns of cultural change on theislands and the nearby mainland of California.San Nicolas, located 60 miles (102 km) off the coastof southern California, is one of the most intriguing of theChannel Islands.
Island of the Blue Dolphins was O'Dell's first children's book, written in 1960. Island of the Blue Dolphins is based on the true story of The Lost Woman of San Nicolas. From 1835 to 1853, a Native American woman lived alone on an island off the Californian coast known as La Isla de San Nicolas.