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With headlines about induced seismicity like this one this week in the Midland Reporter Telegram yesterday, water is a big issue for EVERYONE doing business in the Permian. Yesterday, there were 5 seismic events greater than 2.5 mag and up to 3.9 mag recorded in a 1.5 mile area along …

In about 30 days (May 8-9) at the Irving Convention Center, we’ll join hundreds of US oil industry leaders and investors to discuss one of the hottest topics in the oilfield – water management. In its fourth year, the widely anticipated Oilfield Water Markets Conference will dive into the evolving …

This Tuesday, Infill Thinking’s twice-weekly newsletter celebrates a nice milestone. We are shipping our 700th edition! Issue #1 was sent to a handful of early subscribers way back on October 21, 2016. 699 editions, thousands of readers, over 2,300 research reports published, and 6 years later, Infill Thinking is still …

Every Christmas season for the past seven years, our team has written an oilfield Christmas song. We started doing these before ChatGPT, so you can be sure a human hand actually created them! 🙂 Our friend, and talented artist, Dave Smith records the songs for us. These songs are adapted …

Houston – November 2nd – our research team is speaking at the biggest executive event in oilfield water management of 2H23. 5th Annual Oilfield Water Industry Update ~200 senior decision makers from oilfield water (strong participation from C-suites and E&P execs) 2024 outlook will be in focus in this critical …

This week, we joined more than 350 of the water midstream industry’s top pros for a productive couple day of learning and networking at the Forth Worth Convention Center during the 3rd Oilfield Water Markets Conference. It was great to see many Infill Thinking members there! The oilfield water industry …

In about two months, on May 17-18 at the Ft Worth Convention Center, US oil industry leaders and investors will gather to discuss oilfield water’s evolving business model, market structure, and the latest commercial trends. Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Energy, is delivering the opening keynote on the future of …

Re-wording and recording the holiday classics to reflect the latest oilfield trends is a Christmas tradition as old as Infill Thinking itself. For the past six years, we’ve re-written a holiday classic (or two) to reflect the spirit of the season and shale trends. Part market research, part holiday cheer …

Later today, we will ship out the 500th edition of Infill Thinking’s twice-weekly newsletter. It contains our 1,750th research post penned over the past 5.25 years. Research-Equivalent Of 15 Stephen King Novels Today’s latest edition takes our published word count on the website up to approximately three million words worth of …

Many Infill Thinking readers know Scott Pegram, and it is with a heavy heart that we write this post today. Scott spent four years at Halliburton on the front lines of the frac supply chain where he managed sand logistics in the good old days before local sand (2013-2015). Then …