Infill Thinking participated in the Petroleum Connection’s frac sand conference in San Antonio this week. We will share a full recap of our key takeaway in a piece early next week – we learned quite a bit on the sidelines of the show as well as during several of the …
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A Quality Carrier’s Permian Exit Escalates Frac Supply Chain Sustainability Questions [Read The 2nd Letter]
A good, quality, upstanding outfit just exited stage left. While industry-wide capacity reductions are needed, we see this news as a bad omen for the industry at large… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, …
Read More »Here’s What We Are Listening For At 2019’s Biggest Frac Sand Conference Happening This Week…
The Infill Thinking team has arrived in San Antonio to participate in the biggest (and best) frac supply chain trade show of 2019, hosted by Petroleum Connection. Infill Thinking is pleased to announce our participation as an exhibitor, panel speaker, and as event MC for the first day of the …
Read More »Uptick In Unusual Compliance Disclosures By A Permian Pressure Pumper (And One Of Their Customers)…
This chain of events may end quietly with little fanfare and that’d be great. But we’ll be keeping an eye out for additional filings here as it’s not every day we see this much action on the legal disclosure front… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see …
Read More »Of ‘Quartz’ You Can Pump In-Basin Sand In The Permian [Guest Post]
We first learned that Wood Mackenzie had conducted an independent study on the performance of local sand downhole in a tweet from Robert Clarke, the firm’s Lower 48 upstream research director who some of you may have met at our recent member meetup in Fort Worth. Respecting Robert and Wood …
Read More »Produced Water Reuse Is Rising, But The Ceiling Is Still High
Over the past 24 months, several driving forces have advanced the upstream industry mindset on water recycling, causing reuse to rise sharply. But there’s still plenty of room to grow, and we take a look at why, where things stand now, and what’s next in water recycling. If you are …
Read More »Monarch Silica Is Ramping In The Eagle Ford [Eagle Ford Stops Along The Road]
Last week during our Eagle Ford market intel gathering trip (see big picture highlights here), we stopped by the Monarch Silica frac sand production facility situated about 20 miles due south of San Antonio. In our meeting with management at the location we learned that… There’s a lot more to …
Read More »Read The Letter A Big Sand Hauler Sent To Permian Customers Drawing A Line In The Sand This Week [Exclusive]
This week, a very large carrier that hauls frac sand sent an important letter to customers. This has big market implications for the frac supply chain. In the letter, the company’s president…. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and …
Read More »Embedded In The Eagle Ford – A Dozen Market Takeaways From Our Latest Completions Supply Chain Field Trip
In South Texas last week, we drove out to 13 local mines and 1 rail terminal. We went behind the gate with management teams for discussion and site visits at about half those locations. It was a busy couple days! Starting today, you’ll find the market intelligence we’ve gathered shared …
Read More »Thinning The Herd – The Public E&P Universe Is Shrinking Via M&A, Delistings
On the heels of yet another combination of public E&P operators this morning (PDC Energy and SRC Energy), we spent some time thinking about the expansion, peak and contraction of the public E&P universe. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this …
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