What Emerge Energy Services does

Emerge Energy Services is a publicly traded, diversified energy services company headquartered in Southlake, Texas, listed on the NYSE under the ticker EMES and founded in 2012. The company is described in its firmographic record as growth-oriented and operates with a headcount of 251-500 employees. Its public web presence (emergelp.com) is presently minimal in the dataset captured, and no detailed product, service line, or revenue-mix disclosures are available, leaving the specific functional scope of its "diversified energy services" positioning uncharacterized beyond the company description itself.

The documented strategic activity centers on inorganic expansion through acquisition. In April 2017, Emerge Energy Services acquired Osburn Materials Inc. for approximately $20 million, a move consistent with building out a materials-adjacent capability within its energy services portfolio. Governance is led by a small, named leadership group: Richard Shearer serves as CEO and director, Ted W. Beneski as Chairman, and Kevin Clark as a director. No further management team, board composition, or operational leadership detail is provided in the inputs.

The company's revenue model, customer base, pricing mechanics, geographic footprint, and ownership structure are not disclosed in the available sources. There is no pricing information, no named customer or segment data, no operating geography detail beyond a U.S. headquarters, and no investor or control disclosures. As a result, the financial and commercial characterization of Emerge Energy Services rests on the public-company listing, headcount band, the single disclosed acquisition, and the generic "diversified energy services" label rather than on primary operating metrics.

Name

Emerge Energy Services

Website

http://emergelp.com/emerge/

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Emerge Energy Services is a publicly traded, diversified energy services company (NYSE: EMES), founded in 2012 and headquartered in Southlake, Texas, serving energy-sector customers with 251-500 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Southlake

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure

Core offering

Emerge Energy Services LP is a growth-oriented diversified energy services company engaged in the production and sale of industrial sand and mineral products. The company serves energy-sector end markets, including reclamation sand and high-purity quartz applications, supplying materials that support activities such as hydraulic fracturing in the oil and gas industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Industrial Sand Products Industrial sand and related mineral products supplied to business customers in the energy services sector, supporting applications such as hydraulic fracturing.
• Reclamation Sand Reclamation sand product line serving industrial reclamation applications.
• High Purity Quartz High-purity quartz product line serving industrial customers with specialized mineral requirements.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• U.S. Silica Holdings: U.S. Silica is a major publicly traded frac sand and industrial silica supplier serving oil & gas customers — directly comparable to Emerge Energy Services' reclamation sand and high-purity quartz positioning.
• Smart Sand Inc. Smart Sand is a publicly traded frac sand producer with comparable mine-to-well proppant operations, directly overlapping Emerge's core business model.
• Covia Holdings (formerly Fairmount Santrol): Covia produces frac sand and industrial silica products including high-purity quartz, overlapping Emerge's reclamation sand and specialty mineral offerings.
• Hi-Crush Partners: Hi-Crush was a publicly traded frac sand producer focused on Northern White sand, directly comparable to Emerge's energy services sand business.
• CARBO Ceramics: CARBO manufactures ceramic proppants and resin-coated sand for oilfield customers, sharing the same well-completion customer base as a frac sand supplier.
• Black Mountain Sand: Black Mountain Sand is a private in-basin frac sand producer serving Permian and other U.S. shale plays, directly overlapping Emerge's oilfield proppant focus.
• Vista Proppants and Logistics: Vista Proppants operates in-basin frac sand mines and a terminals/fleet network, directly comparable to Emerge's sand mining and distribution model.
• Preferred Sands: Preferred Sands produces resin-coated and uncoated frac sand plus specialty proppants, overlapping Emerge's high-purity quartz and industrial sand offerings.

Emerging players

• Emerge Energy Services (acquired entity, Atlas Sand parent): Atlas Sand, an in-basin Permian frac sand producer, was a key operating asset of Emerge Energy Services and continues as a focused producer in the same niche.

Broad incumbents

• Saint-Gobain (Proppants division): Saint-Gobain, through its industrial minerals segment, produces high-purity silica and proppant materials, providing a broader incumbent parallel to Emerge's high-purity quartz positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/emerge-energy-services-lp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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