More data-driven context for a possible XOM / PXD M&A deal… 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, …
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As Boxes & Silos Turn 10 Years Old, A Look At Wellsite Storage System Trends [Data Alert]
Earlier today, we updated our Wellsite Storage system count file for data clients (download link). As a key takeaway… 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 …
Read More »Quick Thoughts On OFS If XTO Buys Pioneer
Quick thoughts on OFS implications in a XOM / PXD M&A deal… 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 …
Read More »OFS Recovery Prediction, New Sand Records Expected, And The 2 Biggest Risks To OFS [Data Alert]
Quick hit from our big data update this week on D&C trends and forecasts… 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 …
Read More »Sierra Is Stacking Sand To The Moon, Ready For The Next Haynesville Wave…
We caught up with a sand producing management team for an update on their Haynesville plant and some fresh takes on this regional E&P market. 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 …
Read More »Shale Frac Crews Hitting Bottom Now? [Chart Of The Day]
Going through our D&C model this week, something that jumps out is… 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 …
Read More »ProFrac Studies Sand Spinoff
ProFrac has built up a big business in sand. What they do next could get interesting… 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 »Rail Cars Are Becoming A Cost Factor To Watch In The Frac Supply Chain
Cost deflation has been a theme in the drilling and completions market this year, but one aspect of the frac supply chain is bucking the trend. 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 …
Read More »Infill Thinking’s Top 15 3Q23 Updates During A Quarter When OFS Sentiment Did A 180° On The Macro
By The Numbers – Membership Resources Provided During 3Q23 In the 90 days ending September 30, 2023, the Infill Thinking research team: published 65 independent research updates, emailed 22 original Infill Thoughts newsletters to active members, conducted a survey on sand quality(see results) conducted an Eagle Ford field trip to …
Read More »A Local Sand Question Answered…
We’ve learned more about a datapoint mentioned in recent Infill Thinking research. 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 …
Read More »Railed Damp Sand To New Mexico Is On Hold
A sand mine made a bold and unprecedented offering in the Northern Delaware this summer. We checked in to see how it went over with customers… 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 …
Read More »In Other News – “Monster Frack” Hit Piece Fail, Sand Prices, Rail Chatter, Sand Supply Nuggets & more…
A bullet point roundup of miscellaneous odds and ends in the frac and water supply chain worlds this week… 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 …
Read More »IPO For A Sand-Free Fracing SCOOP/STACK E&P
Interesting E&P deal in the works… 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 …
Read More »Checking In On Private vs. Public E&P Rig Count Trends [Chart Of The Day]
Data on differences in rig trends by operator type… 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 …
Read More »Frac Trucking – Pressure Pumpers Add Drivers In 2023 As Several Sand Haulers Close Shop
Want to know how many trucks are hauling Texas frac sand and who controls them? We did some work on that question this week… 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 …
Read More »Putting The Name To The Test! The First Known Mobilization Of A WTX “Mobile-Mini” Sand Mine Is Underway
More commonly called “infield mines” today, “mobile mini mines” were a concept that originally touted the ability to mobilize. Now, three years into the trend, we see an industry first mobilization getting underway… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update …
Read More »Hi-Crush Is “Crushing It” With Their Infield Wet Sand Throughput
Based on production run rates the day we visited, Hi Crush’s two mobile mini mines are producing enough sand to… 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 …
Read More »Probing For Shale Activity Bottom At $90 WTI [Data Alert]
In this data driven post, we discuss the bottoming trends in shale activity. 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 …
Read More »Does Sand Quality Matter? Survey Results Part 1 – Executive Summary
Here’s what a whole bunch of folks in the know think about the importance of sand quality these days… 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 …
Read More »Does Sand Quality Matter? Survey Results Part 2 – Data
Here’s what a whole bunch of folks in the know think about the importance of sand quality these days… 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 …
Read More »Does Sand Quality Matter? Survey Results Part 3 – Comments
Here’s what a whole bunch of folks in the know think about the importance of sand quality these days… 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 …
Read More »Question Of The Day… Sand Quality’s Relevance To Source Selection [Quick Poll]
Whatcha think about the importance of sand quality vs. origin-destination pairing these days? 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 …
Read More »E&P Water Monetization Deals Are Back With The Spin-Off Of A Soon-To-Be Billion Dollar Water Midstream Platform (Second Big Deal In A Month)
Big money water midstream deals are making a come 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 expired, please …
Read More »Permian Simulfracs Breach The 20% Milestone [Data Alert]
In this data driven post, we discuss the trend in Permian simulfrac activity. 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 …
Read More »Live From New York… It’s Shale Outlook Time!
With the rubber hitting the road on 2024 budget planning, OFS and E&P CEOs converged in New York this week for the annual Barclays energy investor conference. Here’s what stood out to us in publicly available transcripts emanating from the event… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …
Read More »The Great Sand Price Debate… What To Make Of Conflicting Datapoints? [Data Alert]
US Silica provided their first outlook commentary given in 2023 this morning. Here are 7 key points… 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 …
Read More »An E&P’s Permian Water Strategy Was In Focus In New York This Week
Water remains a hot topic as Permian volumes increase and recycling is a key focus for E&Ps there. This week, one large Permian E&P went into detail on their water strategy during an investor conference in NY. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… …
Read More »A Deep Dive On Smart Sand’s New “SmartBelt” Well Site Storage Systems That Can Move 12mm+ Pounds Of Sand In 24 Hours [EXCLUSIVE]
A deep dive on an evolving last mile logistics / well site storage system. 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 …
Read More »People On The Move In The Frac Supply Chain & An Uncomfortable Frac Sand Hauling Foray
Individuals are often overlooked in this asset-intensive sector, but talent shifts can have big implications for value creation, oilfield trends, sales and competitive dynamics. Here we discuss some recent changes across various companies in the frac supply chain. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full …
Read More »Environmentalists (Or Bots?) Are Flooding The Now Extended DSL Listing Comment Period With Copy/Paste Text
The public comment section of the DSL listing (which closes this week) has become a hot mess of non-incremental submissions… 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 …
Read More »U.S. Horizontal Drilling Demand Decline Stabilized A Lot In August [Shale Monthly Activity Data Alert]
In this data alert, see an interesting observation from a new data release just added for data subscribers… 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 …
Read More »Thinking Through The Pros & Cons Of Wet Pile Storage Systems For Frac Sand On The Wellsite
More folks are looking at a new approach to wellsite storage… here are some things to consider as we look at the new tech. 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 …
Read More »OnCore #8 In The Works?
We offer Infill Thinking members some valuable context around recent mobile-mini frac sand plant headlines. 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 …
Read More »Important ESG Fleet Litigation News Today…
Shortly after our data-driven look at ESG fleet trends earlier this week comes a big headline from the courtroom. 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 …
Read More »A New Powder River Basin Frac Sand Mine [Takeaways & Data Alert]
Lots going on with local sand supply in the Bakken/Rockies these days! Here’s an 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 …
Read More »Who’s Using Wet Sand In The Permian These Days? [Updated E&P Adopter List]
Thoughts on wet sand usage by operators. 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 …
Read More »“ESG Friendly Fleets” Are Half The Total Frac Fleets Now
Shortly after our data-driven look at ESG fleet trends earlier this week comes a big headline from the courtroom. 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 …
Read More »What We Know Now About A New Entrant Eagle Ford Sand Miner
We went digging on a new frac sand location that’s been making some noise… here’s what we found. 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 …
Read More »Frac Customer Consolidation Shifts Into Higher Gear This Year [Chart Of The Day]
With yet another big E&P M&A headline, we refresh our M&A data 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 …
Read More »The Latest D&C Fleets Operator-By-Operator
Who’s working where? 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 current subscription …
Read More »Here’s The Latest Frac Crew Counts By Pumper
A round up below of fleet counts… 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 …
Read More »Mapping The Lizard vs. Frac Activity In The Permian – One More Piece Of The DSL Puzzle
We’ve looked a lot at mines vs. lizard in recent research, but what about D&C activity vs. the lizard? 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 …
Read More »Eagle Ford New Sand Supply Update – Dimmit Construction Underway
An update from location on a brand new Eagle Ford frac sand mine… 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 …
Read More »Closing Out Frac Earnings Season With Market Highlights From ProFrac & ProPetro
We digested new datapoints from ProFrac and ProPetro over the past couple 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 new to Infill Thinking, or your membership …
Read More »2024 Public E&P Capex Points Slightly Lower Y/Y Per ‘Soft Guidance’ So Far
It’s still pretty early for Public E&Ps to give formal 2024 budgets, but over the past several weeks, we’ve gotten ‘soft guidance’ on about a dozen E&P earnings calls. As a key takeaway, 2024 capex is… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To …
Read More »Produced Water Has Propped Up Some Marcellus-Utica Frac Crew Demand [That & 11 Other Takeaways From Pittsburgh E&P Water Conference]
If you missed the big produced water conference in Pittsburgh this week two things – check out our takeaways and don’t miss the next Oilfield Water Connection event in Houston November 2nd (link). Read on for key Marcellus takeaways… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the …
Read More »E&P Talk About Service Cost Relief
We expected E&Ps would talk more specifically about service cost deflation expectations this quarter… here’s what we’ve heard so far. 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 …
Read More »People On The Move – Frac Sand Leadership Changes
Individuals are often overlooked in this asset-intensive sector, but talent shifts can have big implications for value creation, oilfield trends, sales and competitive dynamics. Here we discuss some changes at a leading sand company. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this …
Read More »With Public E&P Capex Cooling Off, Budget Exhaustion Is Back In The Conversation [Chart Of The Day]
Data on E&P spending 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 you are new to Infill Thinking, or your membership has expired, please email us to discuss …
Read More »Where The Lizard Roams [Maps & New Data Downloads]
Some of the mines in the hot zones have mitigated risk by participating in conservation plans, but in the case of the listing decision becoming effective, it will be important to… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive …
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