The bigger fish keep on gobbling up the smaller fish–in the Marcellus and Utica Shale supply chain. You may recall MDN first wrote about a downstream chemical manufacturing company called Calumet back in Sept. 2012 when the company announced they are building a gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant in Karns, PA to convert Marcellus Shale gas to diesel fuel (see Chemical Manufacturer to Build Gas-to-Liquids Plant in PA). Then, in March of this year, Calumet purchased Anchor Drilling Fluids outright for $235 million in cash (see Downstream Petrochemical Co Buys Upstream Frack Fluid Co). Anchor manufactures drilling mud and frack fluids used in shale drilling in the Marcellus, Utica and just about every other major shale play across the U.S. Last Friday Calumet announced they’ve purchased Specialty Oilfield Solutions (SOS), a full service solids control and drilling fluids company with operations in the Marcellus, Eagle Ford and Utica shale plays…
