Check out what Patterson-UTI management said about local sand usage last week… 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 has …

The very latest on what the 5th largest pressure pumping company in the US is doing to their fleet to try and capitalize on a hot market. The strategy doesn’t involve newbuilds, but it does include some interesting tweaks. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the …

In addition to taking it all in from the West Texas roads this week, we’ve met with management at four in-basin sand mines, two OFS firms, and a regional transportation alliance. We also hosted a well-attended reader meetup in Odessa yesterday and have two more frac sand mine visits behind …

We break down Pioneer’s Permian news from yesterday evening. 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 has expired, please email …

Exclusive details about the Brady plant closing and what’s next for its owner. Hint, everything on wheels is headed to the Permian… 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 …

The sand boom is highly visible out in West Texas. From the silos and dry plants going vertical to the long lines at transload to the boxes parked at every truck stop – frac sand is literally everywhere you look. Oilpatch is an outdated descriptor for the industrial activity going on …

Last Friday, we mixed with 150 attendees at the frac sand industry conference hosted by the Petroleum Connection in Houston. The event was oversubscribed – there was a waiting list of 20+ potential attendees. Here are our key takeaways from the conference. There’s a lot more to this story… Login …

Infill Thinking readers rely on our weekly rig count update for a series of unique land rig drilling charts and analysis. Going forward, we are adding a new weekly chart to document completions activity trends. Our friends at Primary Vision have agreed to make their weekly US frac spread count …

In The News: Infill Thinking Insight Featured In Nationwide NPR Marketplace Broadcast Infill Thinking founder Joseph Triepke was interviewed this week by NPR’s Marketplace for a feature piece on Permian E&P growth. The piece aired from coast to coast on Wednesday January 31, 2018. We invite you to take a …

A few key points we found fascinating on the Permian basin produced water market and SWD situation in this update from a webinar hosted by Digital H2O on Wednesday. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research …