Most of our simulfrac series to date (6 installments listed below) have focused on operations and market ripple effects. But there are constraints to consider as well…. More In This Series SimulFracs Will NOT Be A Rebundling Catalyst For Direct Sourcing E&Ps Vanishing Idle Time In Fracs – Breaking Down …
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A Study In Discipline [Operator Spotlight]
Each week through July, we’ll be illuminating the activity trend patterns of one large operator in the Lower 48 with hard data from Lium Research. While readers that provide services to these big E&Ps (or pay attention to company disclosures) might know their current rig count or fleet count, tracking …
Read More »RIP To The 400 Frac Fleets Replaced By Frac Efficiency [Chart Of The Day]
A staggering look at frac efficiency gains leveraging Lium Research 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 a member. If you are new to Infill Thinking, or your membership has expired, …
Read More »Large Last Mile Solution Provider Begins CNG Pilot Project; Rolls Out New Dust Suppression System
This week, we had a chance to catch up with one of the largest frac sand storage/hauling solution providers in Texas. We learned that… 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 »Tracking The Most Active Shale Well Completer’s D&C Program [Operator Spotlight]
Each week through July, we’ll be illuminating the activity trend patterns of one large operator in the Lower 48 with hard data from Lium Research. While readers that provide services to these big E&Ps (or pay attention to company disclosures) might know their current rig count or fleet count, tracking …
Read More »The Sand Rancher vs. The Super Major – Incendiary Water Dispute Playing Out In The Open
You can file this update in “things we never thought we’d write when we started an oilfield research firm,” but there’s a must-read battle raging between a big Permian rancher and a super major. And it is playing out in real-time in a must-read Tweet-storm right now… There’s a lot …
Read More »Final OSHA Sand Dust Rule Phase-In At Frac Sites Is Imminent
Long-talked about regulations loom large with implementation finally happening next week… thoughts on what it means here… 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 …
Read More »Tracking Pioneer Natural Resources’ D&C Program In The Permian [Operator Spotlight]
Each week through July, we’ll be illuminating the activity trend patterns of one large operator in the Lower 48 with hard data from Lium Research. While readers that provide services to these big E&Ps (or pay attention to company disclosures) might know their current rig count or fleet count, tracking …
Read More »Things We Heard From Friends In The Sand Patch This Week
This week we worked the phones and caught up with quite a few contacts in frac supply chain to chat business trends, hear the voice of the industry, and take the pulse of the sand mining community. In this update we get in the weeds to give you insight on …
Read More »Frac Sand Is Busy And Boring Right Now
This week we worked the phones and caught up with quite a few contacts in frac supply chain to chat business trends, hear the voice of the industry, and take the pulse of the sand mining community. The bottom line is… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …
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