Thinking Ahead

On Tuesday next week, we look forward to seeing many Infill Thinking members in person again for the Petroleum Connection’ 11th Annual Frac Sand Industry Update at the Houston Petroleum Club. Our Lium Research / Infill Thinking team is excited about several discussions we’ll participate in on the conference stage, …

Will this oil price rip trigger a margin expansion story in oilfield service? Here we discuss some recent data points we’ve collected from the field, plus context from many years of covering OFS cycles – we’ve seen this movie before! There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see …

Quick thoughts previewing some oilfield themes we are tuning into oilfield earnings calls for over the next couple of weeks… 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 …

In this related report earlier this month, we previewed some key 2026 shale data themes. But as you know, seldom does a year go by without some big twists and turns in the oilfield narrative. So for this piece we white-boarded some plot twists that are plausible but not consensus…. …

A data-driven look at a key trend in Permian frac sand… 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, …

With the new year underway, here are 10 big picture shale market themes we are watching. These aren’t our forecasts. Those were shared here for data clients in December. But these 10 themes are some powerful overarching themes that will shape where the industry goes this year, and how firms …

  Is the worm beginning to turn in last mile logistics? 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, …

  Next week, we look forward to seeing many Infill Thinking members in person again for the Petroleum Connection’s 14th Annual Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference at the Hyatt Hill Country Resort. There is still time to grab a last minute pass if you haven’t yet (click here). Lium …

Two frac sand producers are eyeing a new play. We dive in with detailed and in-depth data-driven analysis to help you get up to speed on what’s going on there… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our …

Writing this report today reminds us of when we wrote this little report back in 2017 about the Permian’s very first in-basin sand mine. That was the start of the dune sand mine rush – a boom that saw 50 plants built over the next seven years. Are we now …