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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 …

Re-wording the holiday classics to reflect the latest oilfield trends is a Christmas tradition as old as Infill Thinking itself. Part market research, part holiday cheer; these songs capture the spirt of the season and the trends dominating the oilfield each year. This year’s Infill Thinking ballad is the sixth …

Here in about 3 weeks (May 12-13 in Frisco TX), the produced water industry will once again gather in-person to discuss market trends. Hosted by our friends at the Oilfield Water Connection, the fast approaching Oilfield Water Markets 2021 Conference is the first in-person oilfield water event in more than a …

Founder’s Message To Infill Thinking Readers We have some big news about the Infill Thinking research platform to share. Yesterday evening, we announced a business combination with Coras Research. Many of you are probably familiar with Coras Research, especially if you are an Analyst Plan member since we’ve collaborated with …

Adapting Christmas Carols to oilfield trends is a holiday season tradition as old as Infill Thinking itself. We just released our 2020 track for members, a riff on Holly Jolly Christmas titled Frac A DUC For Christmas. Current members can login here to take a listen to this year’s song, …

Happy Memorial Day Weekend! We wanted to flag a few of our more in-depth pieces published recently in case you missed them and have some downtime to catch up on reading during the long weekend. Here are five relevant reference pieces on the downturn from our research flow over the …