Thinking Ahead

WTI is flirting with $85/bbl this morning. It’s a great time to be an E&P right? Not so fast my friend…   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 …

Sand demand is up but supply base is evolving too. Here’s how… 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 …

Thinking ahead about frac sand sourcing in 2022 for the Permian Basin. 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 …

As more results flood in from our 2022 survey, we are starting to see some key trends… 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 …

An important E&P capex update this week reads distinctly negative for anyone hoping for an oilfield spending increase in 2020. Here’s the relevant excerpt: 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 …

Over the past week, we have processed capex spending updates from about 25 public shale E&Ps into our oilfield spending models. Data clients can access the latest operator-by-operator spending database here, which includes our 2022 expectations. Here’s a chart showing how things changed from our last update three months ago… …

Resourcing the last mile on frac jobs is tough now, but it could be EXTREMELY chaotic in Jan 2022, even by typical first quarter standards. 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 …

How much penetration could simulfracs get in the next couple years? Here’s the logic on setting sights on a target for 2023… 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 …

In several posts this week (on frac crews and rigs), we’ve highlighted the natural gas upstream industry’s apathy to a substantial natural gas price move since 2Q21. How long will this go on? Our channel checks and public E&P commentary suggest… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …

This update is going to be about lizards. Specifically an elusive species that few people (if any) that live and work in the Permian have ever seen; but one that could none-the-less derail much industrial and economic progress in the most important oil Basin in the world. The dunes sagebrush …