During a drive through the Haynesville in early-June 2019, we passed by the construction site of a new frac sand plant just south of Shreveport, LA. Shortly after driving by, we talked with management to confirm some of our field observations and learn more about the project from this new …

We caught up with the management team of the only company operating two new construction local frac sand plants in the Haynesville shale for the latest scoop on their operations… There’s a lot more to this story… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a …

We caught up with a sand producing management for an update on their Haynesville plant and the latest details on in-basin market trends. There’s a lot more to this story… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If your free trial has expired, …

With 2019 nearly halfway over, we thought it’d be a good time for a US oil production growth status check. And it doesn’t look good for the service industry, although there is a silver lining for rig owners that we see in the data… Login to see the chart and …

Most folks reading this update probably know that dealflow in the oilfield water sector is extremely hot in mid-2019. That said the magnitude of the transaction surge and cumulative deal flow described below may come as a bit of a surprise even to those that are plugged in on this …

Today’s guest post comes to us from Hunter Wallace who is Chief Operating Officer at Atlas Sand. Something we appreciate about Hunter is that he’s not shy to voice his beliefs with a high degree of conviction. Those of you that attended the Petroleum Connection’s frac sand conference last October …

While our recent work on rig count has detected signals from E&P operators that more rig releases are coming, this won’t be a 2H19 pivot but rather the continuation of a now well established trend. There’s a lot more to this story… To read this update and receive our research …

In this piece, we’ve put together a proprietary “voice of the industry” survey on electric frac fleets. We talked to contacts across the completions space about the pros, cons, adoption rates, and second order effects of utilizing electric frac fleets for this study. There’s a lot more to this story… …

In an after-hours newsletter one month ago, we warned Infill Thinking members that the buzz around electric frac fleets was poised to surge to new heights. That happened and then some! We take a look at the narrative that Wall Street has been pushing since the big dual e-fracing datapoints …

Earlier this week, we released a piece titled the The Oilfield Water Ownership Conundrum, which analyzed the business model strategies of 16 operators on their oilfield water management practices. Even as we write, there are multiple deal processes underway in the oilfield water space. One smart water contact plugged into …

I don’t say this often, but this op-ed guest post is a must-read. It might be a wake up call for some folks. It’ll no doubt serve as confirmation for others. And while some of the piece is controversial, I suspect that more readers than not will be nodding their …

A Bloomberg news article last week cited our in-depth rig customer analysis shared to Infill Thinking members. So this week, we continue that discussion with an impromptu survey… There’s a lot more to this story… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If …

It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost two years since we wrote the first “What Customers Say About Local Sand” piece! Anyone remember this little number? At the time of that writing, customers were starting to express their opinions on local sand for the very first time. Fast forward …

The oilfield water asset monetization trend is a more frequent topic in E&P conversations with investors these days, as analysts pepper management teams with questions about potential divestitutures in the wake of several notable recent water transactions. Here’s what some of the leaders are saying… There’s a lot more to …

In the struggle for control of Texas Pacific Land Trust, accusations are flying hot and heavy. The battle between the activist investor and incumbent trustees is not just playing out in the press any more. It’s going to court. Both sides have sued each other since our last update. Here’s …