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Apline Silica today confirmed two previous Infill Thinking reports via a press release on their new projects. Previously On Infill Thinking: March 28, 2018: By way of an open records request filed back in March, we learned that Alpine Silica had initiated the permitting process on a new frac sand …

We caught up this week with Jason Holton, CEO of Omega Sands. Omega is a new entrant frac sand producer focused on a 1Q19 Mid-Con launch. Omega Sands has been flying under the radar planning their frac sand industry debut in Oklahoma… until now. During a phone conversation Monday afternoon, …

There is a new discussion topic over in our members-only Thinking Aloud forum. In it we discuss the importance of branding, marketing, and the mind share battle in oilfield services. In frac sand and logistics, this has been an afterthought in the past. But now a confluence of new factors …

Unbundling is trending in the US completions supply chain. So… a key question we’ve been asked by investors in the space recently is what might compel E&P buyers to rebundle their frac supply chains? In other words, can Big OFS put the genie back in the bottle now that it’s …

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 …

Infill Thinking Holiday Cheer For Christmas 2017: http://www.infillthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Twas-the-Frac-Before-Christmas.mp3 Lyrics: ‘Twas the frac before Christmas, when all around the well Not a frac hand was stirring, or even a DSL; The frac sand was late, stored at transload with care, In hopes that a pneumatic trailer soon would be there. The …

Just a heads up that a new thread has been started by William Edwards over in the Infill Thinking discussion forum. In the thread, William thinks about how a recent change in the Cushing WTI specs will impact Canadian prices and ultimately world crude oil prices. Spoiler alert – it’s not …

2017 was Infill Thinking’s first full year in business. Readership growth this year has far exceeded my initial expectations, and the Infill Thinking team is honored and grateful to have earned your trust in our market intel. This year, we turned down multiple requests from oilfield companies interested in advertising …

High winds ripped through the West Texas dune strip during the past couple days, reminding us of fugitive dust and inventory erosion risks. West Texas poses a unique environmental challenge that the frac sand mining industry has never had to deal with at scale before. We believe wind will be …

There’s a new reader-submitted post in our thinking aloud forum, please visit the thread here to read and discuss how (and potentially why) the oil price rally is masking some important disconnects. Emerging discounts are impacting tight oil producers who sell product based of WTI benchmarks, but it may not …