Industrial Minerals Texas — API Bentonite, Barite & Oilfield Minerals

VP Trading Company's Minerals Division supplies the four core industrial minerals that Texas oilfield, drilling, and energy operations depend on: API bentonite, barite 4.0, calcium oxide, and calcium hydroxide. Based in Edinburg, TX — at the southern edge of the Texas oil patch — we serve operators, drilling contractors, and oilfield services companies throughout South Texas and the broader Texas energy sector.

Our supply capability extends from the Rio Grande Valley and Eagle Ford Shale through the Permian Basin corridor, with logistics coordination managed through our integrated VP Logistics freight division — giving drilling operations the scheduling reliability that their active well programs require.

The Eagle Ford Shale formation — one of the most prolific tight-oil plays in the United States — runs through South Texas counties including Webb, Zapata, Jim Hogg, Webb, LaSalle, McMullen, Live Oak, DeWitt, and Karnes, among others. VP Trading Company's Edinburg base positions us advantageously to serve operators and drilling contractors throughout this formation.

Our understanding of South Texas oilfield logistics — including access road conditions on ranch properties, permit requirements for oversize deliveries, and the scheduling demands of active drilling campaigns — makes us a more reliable partner than national distributors who lack regional operational knowledge.