Never a dull moment in pressure pumping. See what we landed in our “datapoint fishing net” during the past 48 hours. 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 …
Read More »Fort Worth Member Meet-Up Monday
Calling all DFW-area Infill Thinking members: we’d like to buy you a mid-morning coffee, shake your hand and chat oilfield trends with you. This is our sixth member event so far in 2018. We look forward to networking with members over coffee in Downtown Fort Worth in mid-August. There’s a …
Read More »After Watching This Video, We Up Our MidCon Capacity Estimates & Reiterate Our “Late Sand” Warning From A Month Ago
While breaking the news about a MidCon mine construction halt exactly one month ago, we introduced a thesis to the market that MidCon frac sand mines would likely be delayed vs. initial expectations. With the potential for Oklahoma mine delays now well documented, we reiterate our first-to-market thesis that MidCon sand …
Read More »Hi-Crush Is Transforming Yet Staying The Course. Taking Apart Their Humdinger Of A News Release Piece-By-Piece [6-Part Analysis]
To say the Hi-Crush management team had a busy weekend might just be the understatement of the year. On Monday morning, the company dropped 3 press releases containing over 3,500 words. That’s 8 pages in Microsoft Word at 12 point font with single line spacing (yes we copy/pasted out of …
Read More »A Permian Drilling Rig Burned Monday Morning [DEVELOPING]
This is a developing story we are monitoring this morning. Details will be added as available (for now details are limited, but here is what we’ve learned so far)… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research …
Read More »HAL Took A $3bn Market Cap Hit Before Breakfast On “Temporary” US Onshore Challenges [Live Blog Complete]
We live-blogged our key takeaways from the Halliburton earnings call on Monday 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 to Infill Thinking, or your membership …
Read More »Watch Out For More Vertical Integration News In Frac Sand Before This Month Is Done
Frac sand mining is evolving rapidly and the oilfield service company role in it is changing too. See what we expect to happen next in the full update. 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 »Schlumberger Says International Oilfield Service Markets Have Finally Turned The Corner [Live Blog Complete]
The Schlumberger conference call begins at 7:30 am this morning, and we are live blogging the highlights here. Before the call starts, we posted two observations from the press release. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our …
Read More »NWS Displacement Alert: Permian Proppant Tons Shipped By Rail Have Begun To Fall
In our 2Q18 oilfield earnings season preview earlier this week, we wrote that Northern White Sand displacement anecdotes in the Permian Basin were likely to be heard on this upcoming round of conference calls (see point 6). It didn’t take long for this prediction to pan out… the first datapoint …
Read More »Permian Frac Sand Mining Activity Surges In 2Q18 [Chart Of The Day & Startup Watch List]
We digest and analyze reported mine activity and headcounts in the Permian Basin. 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 your membership …
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