In an exclusive series of updates over the past couple of weeks, we have been analyzing frac sand market conditions in the often overlooked Utah completions market where big changes are happening in the supply stack. In this third installment of the series, we shine a spotlight on one new …
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An Industry Full Of Companies “Focusing On What We Can Control” [Chart Of The Day]
After about the sixth management team this earnings season said “we are focused on what we can control” we decided to spend a little time thinking about… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you …
Read More »Are Frac Sand Customers Almost Done Spiking The Football On Cost Savings?
The latest operator commentary on frac sand continues to underscore local sand adoption and cost savings – themes that have been consistent on E&P calls since early-last year. However, this may be one of the final earnings seasons where we see… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …
Read More »Drip, Drip, Drip… Collecting Market Intel From 3 Oilfield Water Earnings Calls In 1 Day
The universe of publicly traded shale oilfield water companies is small (for now). But the universe of companies with material oilfield water handling exposure 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 …
Read More »Differentiated Logistics Play First Fiddle At Hi-Crush
17 photographs of physical operations appear in the new Hi-Crush slide deck released alongside their earnings report on Tuesday evening. 10 of these images depict… 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 …
Read More »How Much Local Utah Sand Will Be Devoured? A Look At Demand And “Uniquely Utah” Logistics Issues [2/4 Uinta Sand Series]
In a research update last week, we shared exclusive details on the local frac sand production scene in the state of Utah. In the second installment of our three-part series on local sand in the Uinta Basin, we discuss proppant demand and logistics in this unique completions market. There’s a …
Read More »Cloudy With A Chance Of Falling Rig Counts – Nabors Customer Survey Jives With Infill Thinking’s Recent Surveys…
Nabors recently released the 2Q results from its quarterly customer survey. In this update we examine how their results compared with several operator surveys and studies we conducted in May and July… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and …
Read More »It’s Not Just E&Ps That Are Separating Oilfield Water Midstream Businesses…
We’ve seen plenty of E&P divestitures of water midstream assets to third-party water pure-plays over the past 12 months. But oilfield service firms can also benefit from… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you …
Read More »Research Roundup – Major Supply Chains, Sand Buy-out, Unsustainable Sand Price, E-Frac Pricing, & 7 Other Important Datapoints…
There is already a veritable flood of pressure pumper and operator earnings coverage making the rounds from other analysts and publishers this week. So we focused here on sharing 11 bite-sized pieces of market intel (including a mix of datapoints and our own thoughts on the market) that are a …
Read More »+48% In 48 Hours. Takeaways From US Silica’s Conference Call
At this publication, we tend to steer clear of “stock talk.” As regular readers know, our focus instead is getting deep into the weeds on corporate strategy, industry trends and the people that drive this industry forward. Furthermore, our staff does not personally invest in or trade individual stocks in …
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