Liberty talked quite a bit about sand and logistics on their earnings conference call this week along with their usual airtime on pumping market fundamentals. After processing their remarks, here is what jumped out at us regarding the frac supply chain market outlook. As a general comment,… There’s a lot …
Read More »EIA Just Increased Their 2022 U.S. Oil Production Growth Estimate By 20%
Earlier this week, we wrote that market expectations for U.S. oil production are too low (see report). In that piece, we pointed out that the EIA’s numbers only showed about 640kbpd of U.S. oil production growth in 2022. This compared to our 1mmpbd growth forecast. Subsequently, the EIA has revised …
Read More »Freeze Fall Out – A Quick Update On Sand Mine Recovery
Today we have prepared the following bullet point summary to update readers on the frac sand situation following last week’s winter weather event in the southwest… 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 …
Read More »Tracking The Super Majors’ U.S. Land Rig Count Trends
Infill Thinking keeps members abreast of drilling trends with our weekly rig count analysis – unique takes and presentation on otherwise pedestrian rig count data… 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 …
Read More »The Great Debate Over 2022 US Oil Production Growth [Charts Of The Day]
In early-2022, the magnitude of US crude oil production growth this year is a hot topic. 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 …
Read More »Frac Scattershooting: 4 Notable Quick Hits From The Oilpatch
In addition to the other research Infill Thinking published this week, a variety of miscellaneous datapoints from around the frac patch crossed our desk this week. Here are four points that are deserving of a quick mention. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… …
Read More »TX & OK Frac Freeze – Weather Impact Anecdotes In Pumping, Sand & Water
The Permian frac sand market is very tight. How tight? Here’s a couple anecdotes we heard just this morning: 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 …
Read More »Sand Icicles & Frozen Hoses? The Super Tight Permian Sand Market Braces For Big Test This Week…
The Permian frac sand market is very tight. How tight? Here’s a couple anecdotes we heard just this morning: 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 …
Read More »Gearing Up For E&P Budget News [Chart Of The Day]
A near perfect recipe for spending growth ($87 WTI, well cost inflation, slowing efficiency gains) is colliding with public Independent E&P capital discipline and maintenance mentality. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you …
Read More »Biggest US Land Driller Adds More Rigs While Lobbying Customers For Higher OFS / Rig Pricing
Infill Thinking keeps members abreast of drilling trends with our weekly rig count analysis – unique takes and presentation on otherwise pedestrian rig count data… 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 …
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