Infill Thoughts

This week, the esteemed Wall Street Journal went to town on frac sand, all but declaring the sector dead. The piece has some elements that we commonly find in anti-O&G hit pieces, but it is more a diatribe describing the industry’s economic trials and tribulations than any thing else. The …

Talk amongst our Haynesville friends about Louisiana fracs picking up a little steam over the past several weeks inspired this week’s rig count update.   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 …

In addition to the in-depth updates published during another interesting week in the frac life, these quick hits also crossed our desk and are worthy of a mention… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, …

Some things never change, and the persistent propensity to overbuild in the frac industry at large will outlive this Chapter 11 era. Twice 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 …

In this week’s rig count update, we thought we’d put the spotlight on geo-region shifts in drilling activity as the rig count has undergone a massive compression since year-end 2018. How has the market share of various basins fared during the rig count carnage? There’s a lot more to this …

The Devon / WPX deal continues the theme of Lower 48 E&P consolidation and creates the fourth largest unconventional oil producer in the US (only behind Oxy, Conoco and EOG). In the sections below, we provide some customer behavior context for the Devon / WPX merger – viewing the big …

We are honored to carry this very important post from a supply chain strategist at one of the top three pressure pumpers in the US on a potential change in the oilfield marketplace – rebundling in the frac supply chain… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see …

Prior to the March 2020 oilfield crash, the in-field frac sand mining trend was poised for take-off, but the downturn obviously derailed this. Now this 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 …

Individuals are often overlooked in this asset-intensive sector, but talent shifts can have big implications for value creation, oilfield trends, sales and competitive dynamics. People on the move also have implications for how business is conducted across the frac value chain. Here are some moves that matter… There’s a lot …

In this week’s US drilling trends update, we shine a spotlight on… 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 …