Rig consolidation is back in the headlines this week after a big deal offshore on Monday (Ensco and Rowan merged). Although it’s received less attention, consolidation has picked up in onshore drilling too, with two material deals in the past three months. So this week, we took a look at …
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We’ve Got Tough Questions. They’ve Got Enlightened Answers…
Infill Thinking is pleased to announce that Joseph Triepke, founder of Infill Thinking, has been invited to serve as Master of Ceremonies during this month’s frac sand conference in San Antonio hosted by the Petroleum Connection. In addition to serving as MC, Joseph Triepke will moderate a highly anticipated panel …
Read More »You Will Be Judged On Survivability And Time: Assessing The Perilous Energy Investment Landscape
I can’t think of another time in my career that such a substantial upward move in oil prices was accompanied by so little investor enthusiasm for E&P and OFS stocks. At times over the last 18 months, it’s felt as if the group has collectively traded like a dying industry. …
Read More »In Permian News This Week… Power Ripples, Takeaway Accelerates, Rigs Consolidate, And A Major Reveal
We have rounded up some important Permian stuff that caught our eye this week. Here you’ll find several items that are worthy of putting on your weekend reading list as well as our thoughts on implications and feedback from contacts in industry on these topics. There’s a lot more to …
Read More »An Underappreciated Metric Worth Watching This Earnings Season As Sentiment Has Shifted [Chart Of The Day]
Check out an underappreciated financial statistic that we think is important to monitor into the upcoming earnings season as a sign of industry health. 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 »Permian Drilling Rig Efficiency Continues To MASSIVELY Lag The Rest Of The Lower 48
Each week we break apart the North American rig count in new ways that allow readers to dive beneath the week-to-week changes and better understand what the future may hold. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our …
Read More »10 Things To Know About The New Haynesville Shale Mine Beyond The Press Release
Last week, we spoke with the management team of a private company that is building a 1.5mmtpa mine in Red River Parish, Louisiana. 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. …
Read More »Lots Of Parents With No Children – Our Frac Hit Fear Index Remained Elevated In 3Q18 [Chart Of The Day]
We analyze trends in E&P C-suite conversations about frac hits and parent-child well interference and share a metric derived from our proprietary linguistic analysis of industry discussion. 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 »A New Plan For The Permian [Texas Comptroller Op-Ed]
It is our honor to welcome the Chief Financial Officer for the state of Texas as an Infill Thinking guest contributor today. Glenn Hegar was elected as the 36th Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts in November 2014. Glenn and his team at the Texas Comptroller’s office have played a high …
Read More »The Government’s Take On MidCon Frac Sand Mining
We share more boots-on-the-ground intel on the community and regulatory reaction to the frac sand mining rush playing out in the MidCon. 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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