We can't predict whether natural gas prices will hold up, but we can report that witness comments at Wednesday's congressional hearing suggested demand would likely remain brisk.

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Carbo Ceramics is a leader in making what's called ceramic proppant, which is the synthetic material, sand-based often, with chemicals that are injected into the fractured rock to hold open the cavities so the natural gas goes up into the piping that captures it.

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