This update started with three qualitative observations we wrote about over the past several days. These sent us back into the spreadsheets for today’s piece. We sliced and diced drilling data to expound on Haynesville green shoots, a Delaware Basin push, and frac sand valuation commentaries. There’s a lot more …
Read More »First Peek At 1Q17 Frac Sand Volumes Doesn’t Disappoint, But Is It Enough?
Alongside Emerge Energy Services’ Eagle Ford sand mine announcement on Monday, the company also gave us the first peek at actual 1Q17 sand demand. 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 …
Read More »Emerge Energy Services Is Adding 3mmtpa To The Texas Frac Sand Supply Stack With Eagle Ford Play
Back in early-March, we wrote to subscribers that a frac sand miner was evaluating a deposit outside San Antonio to serve the Eagle Ford (see point 1 here), something we picked up on the sidelines of the industry’s leading conference. This morning, Emerge Energy Services announced they’ve closed an Eagle Ford …
Read More »$6.2 Billion Worth Of Oilfield IPOs Are Evidence Of A Race To The Bottom
It won’t come as a surprise to most of our readers that a slew of O&G IPOs are coming to market. Instead of rubbing our hands together with excitement, perhaps we should be wringing them in worry. We are now monitoring about 20 US onshore oilfield IPO deals collectively sized at …
Read More »The Top Five Infill Thinking Stories, Charts, And Debates Of 1Q17
Infill Thinking’s subscriber base increased seven-fold during the first three months of 2017. If you are reading this, you have some fast growing company! You also have some high-IQ company. Our trusted research updates are now helping many high-ranking oilfield executives to make better business decisions and stay ahead of trends. …
Read More »Spring Fever: Wall Street Analysts Have Increased Their Frac Sand Demand Projections 30% In 30 Days
In this update, we provide a round up of Wall Street frac sand demand projections for 2017 and 2018 and discuss how the forecasts have evolved dramatically over the past 4-6 weeks. We also discuss whether the leading edge estimates are even possible for the industry to deliver on. There’s …
Read More »Check Out The Delaware Doozy That Is Turning Heads
The latest EOG Resources well in the Delaware basin is turning heads after a big IP24. It also has implications for frac sand consumption. We’ve got all the details for you in this update (take out our free 30-day trial below to read). There’s a lot more to this story… …
Read More »The Last Time Permian Operators Got Permits Like This, They Had 25% More Rigs On The Payroll
Drilling permit data from March showed increased operator appetite for drilling and more room to run for the rig count. We share a chart capturing the trend and break down the permit data into actionable analysis on hot spots and top operators. There’s a lot more to this story… Login …
Read More »Key Borrowing Base Survey Is Out. Findings Include Banker Amnesia & Loosening Purse Strings
Along with many others in the industry, we actively monitor the Haynes & Boone Spring borrowing base re-determination survey each year. Released this week, the law firm’s latest survey suggests that bankers have shrugged off the capital destruction left by the downturn’s 120 O&G bankruptcies. There’s a lot more to this …
Read More »Knock-On Effects Of Rising Sand/Well – Oilfield Iron Abrasion
The conversation about frac sand this year has largely revolved around access to it. Topics of debate have fallen into three buckets: i) inflation, ii) logistics, and iii) whether the mines will be able to meet (or overshoot) the rising call on supply. But skyrocketing sand pumped per well has an …
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