There is a new discussion topic over in our Thinking Aloud forum this morning It revolves around the apparent return of some optimism in the offshore drilling sector, particularly deepwater. Is this compressed business finally on the verge of a turn or is it still too early to be cautiously …

This news elevates the West Texas frac sand mining rush into a whole new stratosphere. It just went from something frac sand specialists were very focused on to something everyone will be focused on. The little sand dune mining story just went mainstream folks. At Infill Thinking, we’ve been covering …

On Wednesday evening, Infill Thinking spoke by phone with David Durrett, Managing Director of Permian sand mine startup Aequor. What we learned about his new West Texas sand mine project – Burro Minerals – surprised us. And it will surprise the market as well. There’s a lot more to this …

There’s been some talk in the market this week that sand customers might be skeptical of inking deals with startup sand producers. But what we heard from one E&P on Wednesday suggests just the opposite… Black Mountain has at least one long-term deal in the bag and probably more that …

Infill Thinking reader Ron Davis wrote in with a great excerpt on the offshore drilling outlook. As we start to think more about a potential inflection point in deepwater, we felt the thoughts he shared were worth printing in full… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see …

US Silica’s 2Q17 conference call ushered in earnings season for Big Sand Tuesday morning, and the call certainly brought the fireworks. Here are the key points US Silica made Tuesday that we found most interesting, accompanied by our take: There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the …

The combination of greater per rig retrofit investments and expanding inventory of upgrade candidates is the equivalent of newbuilding without building new. This kind of spending invites a whole crowd of previously shunned rigs into the exclusive super-spec club. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full …

Read what our local sources say about the very latest on Permian Basin frac sand development in this exclusive update. 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 …

Earlier this week, first Halliburton and then Anadarko roiled the water by challenging the multi-year trend of more frac sand pumped per well. What was surprising about the remarks was that they pointed to not just plateauing in the trend but a reversal. Following their remarks on inflection, some other companies have …

Contrary to the click bait proliferating on other media platforms, US oil producers are not slashing 2017 tight oil investment programs as a result of recent crude oil price volatility. Anadarko’s US onshore investment revision, which became the poster child for so called shale budget cuts this week, is grossly misunderstood. Not only …