Quick Thoughts

Lium, a new research firm for Energy & Industrials, launched coverage this week with some interesting findings in shales. One of Lium’s key points in their shale launch was not enough fleets and not enough sand at current levels to keep production flat y/y. That means… There’s a lot more to …

Deja vu. Remember sandemonium in the Permian early-last year? Well… it’s back. 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 …

A quick follow up to our longer piece over the weekend flagging the fast tightening sand spot market after more channel checks on Monday… 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 …

A hunch we’ve been writing about for months is coming to pass… 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 …

We don’t often react to press releases here at Infill Thinking, but one out yesterday caught our attention and it is worth a few words here as we believe it has implications for the future of frac and pumping market share even if it is unlikely to become ubiquitous. There’s …

Next week, Halliburton, Baker Hughes, and Schlumberger will report year-end results and host their quarterly EPS conference calls. NOV will host their call a couple weeks later. These oilfield bellwethers have been.. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and …

An update from an E&P operator follows Infill Thinking reporting of the development by approximately one month. 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 …

There’s already been a trucking scramble to keep up, which we’ve documented extensively in recent weeks. More recently, frac sand in inventory seems to be showing the first signs of strain as well now. Many mines have… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  …

Snow, trucking, and is there as much sand available as you thought??? We discuss all this and more with an update of the latest proppant market buzz. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you …

This week, all the talk in frac sand insider circles has been about the sand hauling chaos. Here are three recent Infill Thinking pieces on this development: The Warning The First Signs The Story Continues Here we take a data-driven look at one of the culprits… There’s a lot more …