On Thursday morning, news headlines suggest that a potential rail worker strike on Friday was averted at the last minute by negotiators. If the strike had happened, what would that have meant for frac sand? We discuss… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  …

We are tracking 10 new Permian local sand mines this year, which got us thinking about the vintage distribution of in-basin nameplate capacity. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. …

We have confirmed that a new sand plant we’ve long speculated about is real and progressing towards imminent shipping. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If you are new …

Every once in a while, we pass our keyboard to an Infill Thinking member to weigh in from their field. We hope you enjoy reading these hand-picked contributions as much as we do. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update …

Inflation has been one of the hottest topics in shale lately, so here we take a look at one of the key drivers of completions cost escalation with hard data. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our …

We did some data mining on a new plant startup last week to figure out who is pumping its sand. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If you are …

With the rubber hitting the road on 2023 budget planning, OFS and E&P CEOs converged in New York this week for the annual Barclays energy investor conference. Here’s what stood out to us… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update …

A new plant startup this week makes good on an Infill Thinking prediction from two months ago. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If you are new to Infill …

Lots of people talk about wet sand. We quantify it – mine by mine, crew by crew, operator by operator – to put some context on market penetration. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, …

It’s much easier to spend growth capital when each well drilled and completed is a smaller and smaller percentage of your cash on hand! So how’s that looking for the various oilfield participants? There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update …