With concerns growing about a gas fracing slowdown, we analyze fleet composition for the total US and the gas plays in particular. 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 member. If …
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The First Evidence That Natural Gas Activity Is Slowing Down [Chart Of The Day]
Widely relied upon public data is causing a false sense of security about the resilience of shale gas activity. 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 member. If you are new …
Read More »ESG Narrative Downshifting Detected In Meetings With Non-O&G Industry Executives In LA This Week
This week, we spent some time interacting with executives and senior finance folks from outside our core O&G rolodex… 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 member. If you are new …
Read More »HAL Indirectly Addresses ProFrac’s Sand Strategy As They Build INCREMENTAL Fleets Against A Full Frac Calendar
Halliburton’s conference call this morning lines up well with some of our recent research and presents a positive fundamental framework for OFS into next year (albeit with growth coming at a slower pace now)… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this …
Read More »Frac Sand Mine Activity Growth Rate Cooled In 4Q22 [Chart Of The Day]
Today, we have updated our bottom up US frac sand mine monitor for data clients (download link), tracking activity at more than 140 frac sand producing sites across the Lower 48. As a key takeaway… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read …
Read More »Quantifying A Contributing Factor In The Sudden Permian Sand Tightness This Week [Chart Of The Day]
This week we’ve heard some anecdotes about the frac market that sent us into our data library to provide some context with hard numbers for a very important trend… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research …
Read More »The First Test Of 2023 – Permian Sand Market Suddenly Tightened This Week
Permian local sand availability is… 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 member. If you are new to Infill Thinking, or your membership has expired, please email us to discuss our …
Read More »Big 2023 Rig Count Predictions Fading
Predicting the rig count is hard to do… here’s a brief recap of some notable recent predictions and how they are evolving as the oilfield activity cycle enters a more stable phase. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and …
Read More »Who Controls Lower 48 Local Sand Supply? [Chart Of The Day]
Who controls the nameplate capacity in the Lower 48 local sand market? We quantify share and share some observations about the supply stack’s ownership. 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 »5 Shale Wildcards That Could Make 2023 Real Interesting
Next week, we’ll put our necks on the line by publishing predictions for the shale outlook in 2023. Admittedly, the outlook is a bit ho hum this year by oilfield standards. That’s not to say we won’t have some fireworks though. So to spice things up a bit before the 2023 …
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