The good old midwestern drenching we got in Oklahoma this week did not deter our mission of gathering firsthand intelligence on the Lower 48’s second largest drilling and completions market. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our …
Read More »MidCon Member Meet-Up Today
After hosting around 40 members in Fort Worth for informal networking and conversation in August, we are looking forward to another great members-only event in Oklahoma City in September. Get the details and RSVP here. There’s a lot more to this story… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, …
Read More »2 New Permian Frac Sand Plants Are About To Materialize Out Of Thin Air [Exclusive]
Infill Thinking has exclusively learned that a sand producer is planning to announce two new Permian Basin mines later today. Log in to see who, when and where. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, …
Read More »Local Feedback On The Recent Townhall Meeting In Fay Oklahoma [Presentation Slides]
In this update, we share feedback from local sources on the latest townhall meeting hosted by a mining company working on building a new frac sand plant in northwestern Oklahoma. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our …
Read More »This Permian Supply Chain Trend Has “Emerging Market” Potential And Is Worth Watching Into 2019
A couple weeks ago in Fort Worth, we noticed that a particular topic related to the logistics of Permian dune sand seemed to be coming up more frequently in the industry discourse. It’s an idea we’ve all heard talked about since the first local sand mine popped up in Kermit …
Read More »In Other News… MidCon Ground Breaking, Another Town Hall, NWS Flooding, And Eagle Ford Expansion…
In addition to the deeper Infill Thinking research updates published this week, a few other quick hits crossed our desk that are worthy of comment… 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 »Private Companies Have Leveraged In-Basin Exposure To Take Frac Sand Market Share [Chart Of The Day]
Cross currents could buffet market share positions in the months ahead as NWS cedes share to local sand. In this update, we take a look at year-over-year changes in market share for the public frac sand producers. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… …
Read More »A Big Pumper Has Spoken For More Frac Sand Than Needed Next Year
The rapidly shifting sand in the proppant markets will put consumer term contract exposure under the microscope in the months ahead. For pressure pumpers and E&Ps this contract exposure could become a big deal over the next 3-6 months. We discuss… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …
Read More »Upcycle Context As Baker Hughes Reports The Biggest Weekly Rig Count Drop In About 10 Months
In our weekly rig count update this week we put some context around the drop. 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 Thinking, or …
Read More »Zombie Plants, Dual Dials Turning, NWS Concessions, And More Industry Reaction To Our “Shifting Sands” Questions
Since releasing this list of new questions to ponder in the current frac sand environment a couple days ago, we have had a constructive dialog with many industry contacts regarding the spectrum of possible answers and additional considerations. That important feedback is shared below, but first a word on real-time market conditions. …
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