Infill Thoughts

Plenty of water deal news continues to cross the wires as 2019 draws to a close. And what a year it’s been for water midstream M&A. This week deals announced by three buyers take the deal count we track up to X significant water midstream transactions in 2019 vs. only …

For most of 2021, we’ve written at Infill Thinking about how net pricing in frac services has been elusive despite the frac crew count climbing higher – it’s been a priceless recovery with pumpers receiving very few price increases outside of cost inflation pass throughs. Here’s why that may not …

Things went from bad to worse for buyers in the Eagle Ford sand market this week… here’s the latest. 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 …

Infill Thinking keeps members abreast of drilling trends with our weekly rig count analysis – unique takes and presentation on otherwise pedestrian rig count data… 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 …

This week, a regulator crackdown in the Midland Basin fulfilled an Infill Thinking prediction from April 2021… 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 …

Last week all the talk in the Eagle Ford frac supply chain market was of a mine closure that rapidly tightened the local proppant marketplace. Here are the details and market impacts… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and …

We analyze a huge deal in water midstream. 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 …

Infill Thinking keeps members abreast of drilling trends with our weekly rig count analysis – unique takes and presentation on otherwise pedestrian rig count data… 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 …

Over the weekend we shared bad news about a large carrier closing shop. They weren’t the only sand hauler to call it quits last week… 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 …

This week, we participated in the 10th Annual Petroleum Connection Frac Supply & Logistics Conference in Grapevine Texas. In a related update this moring, we highlighted some new things we learned at the event. The focus of the following key takeaways is on market observations we thought we knew about …