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Covia Energy and Black Mountain Sand Merge to Form Iron Oak Energy Solutions, Leading Proppant Supplier

Vinson & Elkins advised Black Mountain Sand LLC, a Texas-based in-basin frac sand provider, in connection with the closing of its definitive agreement to merge in an all-stock transaction with Covia Energy LLC.

The combined company, which now operates under the name Iron Oak Energy Solutions LLC, is a leading diversified proppant supplier in North America with an active annual production capacity of approximately 30 million tons of sand.

The Vinson & Elkins team was led by partners Matt Strock and Nettie Downs and senior associate John Sager, with assistance from associates Kelly McGovern, Shelby Shearer, and Farzin Khoshravan. Other key team members include partner Bryan Loocke, counsel Megan Menniti and associate Jake Silver; associate Jack Peterson; partner John Lynch and associate Keleigh Carver; partner Sarah Mitchell, senior associate Victoria Bahrami-Negad and associate Maham Shahzad; partner Sean Becker and associates Peter Goetschel and Jordan Peck; partner Shane Tucker and associates Matt Green and Morgan Whittlesey; partner Prentiss Cutshaw, counsel Scot Dixon, senior associate Catherine Callahan and associate Molly Ellisor; partner Matthew Dobbins and associates Alexis Boyd and Alyssa Sieja; partners Hill Wellford and Kara Kuritz and associate Alex Rant; counsel Rajesh Patel and associate Haley Titcomb; counsel Elizabeth Krabill McIntyre and Brian Howard.

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