This week, the Infill Thinking team attended and participated in the largest annual conference in the frac sand industry, which was hosted by the Petroleum Connection in San Antonio. Between serving as Master of Ceremonies for the conference and moderating an in-basin sand panel, our busy team met with many …
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Halliburton Calls The Bottom, Sticks To Their Guns On Sand, & Peers Beneath The Surface To Unlock Pumping Value
Halliburton reported earnings Monday morning and hosted their quarterly conference call with investors. Here are four things to know from their remarks. 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 …
Read More »Closure Cascade: More “Out-Of-Basin” Frac Sand Plants Are Downsizing
The shuttering of “out-of-basin” capacity is key to a return to health in the oversupplied frac sand segment. Over the weekend, we saw a datapoint that suggests that this is happening quickly now, and not just at NWS mines…. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the …
Read More »Arrows Down: A Last Mile Legal Battle Just Took A Shocking Turn
Some quick thoughts on what can only be described as a shocking court judgment this week in the last mile space. 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 …
Read More »A Third STACK Plant Gets The Nod From Oklahoma City
Our investigative reporting reveals the latest on the MidCon mining front. 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 »Wind-Down Wednesday: Plant Closures Strike Eight “Out-Of-Basin” Frac Sand Mines
Infill Thinking first reported talk of out-of-basin plant closures a month ago back in August. Here’s an excerpt from our “Zombie Plant” update on August 24: “Some NWS producers are evaluating plant closures and others may have actually already begun the mothballing process for some higher cost plants.” Infill Thinking, …
Read More »Incident At Black Mountain Vest Plant
Late breaking news tonight of the unfortunate variety. Updates are being posted as we learn more… 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, …
Read More »Vertically Integrated Eagle Ford Sand Will Be Loading Out Significantly Sooner Than Anticipated
Eagle Ford local sand 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 a member. If you are new to Infill Thinking, or your membership has expired, please email us to discuss our …
Read More »2 New Permian Frac Sand Plants Are About To Materialize Out Of Thin Air [Exclusive]
Infill Thinking has exclusively learned that a sand producer is planning to announce two new Permian Basin mines later today. Log in to see who, when and where. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, …
Read More »Private Companies Have Leveraged In-Basin Exposure To Take Frac Sand Market Share [Chart Of The Day]
Cross currents could buffet market share positions in the months ahead as NWS cedes share to local sand. In this update, we take a look at year-over-year changes in market share for the public frac sand producers. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… …
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