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Infill Thinking keeps members abreast of drilling trends with our weekly rig count analysis – unique takes and presentation on otherwise pedestrian rig count 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 …

Each week through July, we’ll be illuminating the activity trend patterns of one large operator in the Lower 48 with hard data from Lium Research. While readers that provide services to these big E&Ps (or pay attention to company disclosures) might know their current rig count or fleet count, tracking …

With 2Q21 in the books, we are pausing to look back at the most read Infill Thinking research updates of the quarter. The activity recovery continued, but… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you …

It felt great to be back in the Permian Basin this week. Special thanks to all of you who took some time to meet with us, take us out in the field to show us your operations, and attend our Member Meetup. We are humbled by just how incredibly smart …

On the road in the Permian this week, we made first hand observations that confirm what our data has been suggesting since the oilfield began to recover from the pandemic downturn. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive …

Most of our simulfrac series to date (6 installments listed below) have focused on operations and market ripple effects. But there are constraints to consider as well…. More In This Series SimulFracs Will NOT Be A Rebundling Catalyst For Direct Sourcing E&Ps Vanishing Idle Time In Fracs – Breaking Down …

Each week through July, we’ll be illuminating the activity trend patterns of one large operator in the Lower 48 with hard data from Lium Research. While readers that provide services to these big E&Ps (or pay attention to company disclosures) might know their current rig count or fleet count, tracking …

Infill Thinking keeps members abreast of drilling trends with our weekly rig count analysis – unique takes and presentation on otherwise pedestrian rig count 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 staggering look at frac efficiency gains leveraging Lium Research 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 expired, …

The OCTG market has a lot of crosscurrents swirling right now. And we know just the right expert to shed light on the 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 …

This week, we had a chance to catch up with one of the largest frac sand storage/hauling solution providers in Texas. We learned that…   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 …

Infill Thinking keeps members abreast of drilling trends with our weekly rig count analysis – unique takes and presentation on otherwise pedestrian rig count 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 …

Each week through July, we’ll be illuminating the activity trend patterns of one large operator in the Lower 48 with hard data from Lium Research. While readers that provide services to these big E&Ps (or pay attention to company disclosures) might know their current rig count or fleet count, tracking …

You can file this update in “things we never thought we’d write when we started an oilfield research firm,” but there’s a must-read battle raging between a big Permian rancher and a super major. And it is playing out in real-time in a must-read Tweet-storm right now… There’s a lot …

Long-talked about regulations loom large with implementation finally happening next week… thoughts on what it means here… 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 …

Infill Thinking membership includes some of the smartest folks in the oilfield. Here’s what the real oilfield capital allocators are saying about the market they work in now… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, …

Member Meetups Are Back! Before the pandemic, our team hosted Infill Thinking members several times a year around the shale patch. Our informal popup meetings have no firm agenda, they are just gatherings of like minded oilfield decision makers to share ideas and discuss trends. Like many other vital aspects …

We are excited today to share the results of our well-attended industry marketplace survey about the year-ahead outlook… 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 …

We are excited today to share the results of our well-attended industry marketplace survey about the year-ahead outlook… 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 …

Each week through July, we’ll be illuminating the activity trend patterns of one large operator in the Lower 48 with hard data from Lium Research. While readers that provide services to these big E&Ps (or pay attention to company disclosures) might know their current rig count or fleet count, tracking …

An interesting development / newcomer arrives in the sand hauler recruitment scene… 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 …

Infill Thinking membership includes some of the smartest folks in the oilfield. Here’s what the real oilfield capital allocators are saying about the market they work in now… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, …

By putting our heads together as a group, Infill Thinking members will establish an important baseline for understanding the “what next” on key oilfield trends into 2022. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you …

Infill Thinking keeps members abreast of drilling trends with our weekly rig count analysis – unique takes and presentation on otherwise pedestrian rig count 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 …

2Q21 is the busiest quarter for US E&P deal flow since we started keeping track of significant E&P M&A transactions in 2017. Not only are we already seeing new highs this quarter, but there are still three full weeks left in the quarter for bankers to add a few more …

This week we worked the phones and caught up with quite a few contacts in frac supply chain to chat business trends, hear the voice of the industry, and take the pulse of the sand mining community. In this update we get in the weeds to give you insight on …

This week we worked the phones and caught up with quite a few contacts in frac supply chain to chat business trends, hear the voice of the industry, and take the pulse of the sand mining community. The bottom line is… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …

We are kicking off a new weekly data series this week. Each week through July, we’ll be illuminating the activity trend patterns of one large operator in the Lower 48 with hard data. While readers that provide services to these big E&Ps (or pay attention to company disclosures) might know …

Some of the mines in the hot zones have mitigated risk by participating in one of the State’s two conservation plans, but in the case of a listing, it will be important to… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update …

Most of our simulfrac series to date (5 installments listed below) have focused on operations and market ripple effects. But there are ESG benefits to consider as well…. More In This Series SimulFracs Will NOT Be A Rebundling Catalyst For Direct Sourcing E&Ps Vanishing Idle Time In Fracs – Breaking …

Want to know how many trucks are hauling Texas frac sand and who controls them? We don’t have all the answers, but we have some of them…. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you …

In this update we tally up a bottoms-up look at Lower 48 frac activity company-by-company… 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 …

feature photo image is of our favorite TexMex joint to hit up when we are in Kermit TX (tell them Infill Thinking sent you, and no they did not pay for this plug… it’s a PSA for our members in the interest of great food!) Infill Thinking keeps members abreast …

The pursuit of sustainable well cost savings is alive and well, and it’s paying dividends in E&P land. Tight oil economics have never been better, not even at $100 oil, as E&Ps find ways to pound well costs into the ground. Here’s the latest… There’s a lot more to this …

After publishing a detailed update on the DSL situation earlier this week, we heard directly from the administrator of the Candidate Conservation Agreement With Assurances (CCAA), Chris Jensen. After several email exchanges, Chris graciously agreed to an interview to provide some follow-up details, clarification, and additional information to Infill Thinking …

We caught up with Detmar Logistics CEO Matt Detmar this morning to follow up on the Hylion press release and we learned the following:… 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 …

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 …

With the DSL coming up more frequently in our offline conversations with Infill Thinking members, some of whom fear the worst on a listing event this year, we went digging to learn more and turned up some very interesting findings in…. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …

feature photo image is of our favorite TexMex joint to hit up when we are in Kermit TX (tell them Infill Thinking sent you, and no they did not pay for this plug… it’s a PSA for our members in the interest of great food!) Infill Thinking keeps members abreast …

This week, we attended and participated in the only in-person produced water / water midstream conference held so far in the pandemic era – The Oilfield Water Markets 2021 Conference. And it was awesome to be back out there mingling with so many great industry folks. As the first event …

For the past couple of years, Permian sand has seemed hopelessly oversupplied. But WTX sand market won’t be loose forever… 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 …

As we prep for the Oilfield Water Markets 2021 Conference this week in Frisco, we are doing some advance research on what matters in water midstream and 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 …

Infill Thinking keeps members abreast of drilling trends with our weekly rig count analysis – unique takes and presentation on otherwise pedestrian rig count 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 …

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 …

Our channel checks reveal some interesting things happening towards the commoditized end of hydraulic fracturing 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 a member. If you are new to Infill Thinking, …

We are still waiting on a few more companies to report earnings in the oilfield; however, the lion’s share of the results are out and most calls are now behind us. So we went digging for the latest round of simulfrac talk, and we found new converts… There’s a lot …

What’s going on with the oilfield service addressable market defined by E&P capex budgets? Data-driven insights here… 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 …

A data-driven look at operating activity trends for the South Texas local frac sand mining industry. 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, …

A data-driven look at operating activity trends for the West Texas local frac sand mining industry. 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, …

Infill Thinking keeps members abreast of drilling trends with our weekly rig count analysis – unique takes and presentation on otherwise pedestrian rig count 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 …