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Aqua Men-Startups & Stalwarts Will Reshape Oilfield Water

The sense of urgency and rapid changes that now characterize the produced water space are attracting a host of new players. Startups are joining stalwarts in bringing new ideas, infrastructure aggregation concepts, and plenty of dry powder to the table. It’s early days for the oilfield water midstream model… so …

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Whistling Past The Graveyard [Chart Of The Day]

Frac sand plants lower on the cost curve are whistling past a graveyard that is filling up with idled capacity. In this data-driven update, we take a look at the trend and discuss its implications for the marketplace. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full …

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A(n Underground) River Runs Through It [Guest Post]

Water supply is a critical component of all Permian Basin proppant sand mine operations. Assuming that demand for and production of sand remain high many of the basin mines will need to extend excavations below the water table and consequently address aquifer dewatering issues. In this guest post, three experts …

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E-Fleets Back In The News…

US Well Services, one of a handful of electric frac fleet technology pioneers, hosted their first earnings conference call as a public company yesterday. A couple things stood out to us, including … There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update …

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A Wall Of Water Is Coming…

Two weeks ago in Midland, the Infill Thinking team accounted for 2 of the 513 attendees at the PBWIEC water conference. This was the second year in this event’s history, and conference attendance was up 17% y/y. The organizers of PBWIEC, a not-for-profit conference, are providing a much needed service …

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New Pressure Pumping Points In An Old Narrative

As oilfield service earnings season winds down, the 1H19 pressure pumping narrative is now pretty well established. Here’s what we heard this week that’s a little bit different and off the beaten path… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update …

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OCTG 1H2019: Is The Writing On The Wall? [Guest Post]

Susan Murphy knows OCTG. She is also a repeat contributor to Infill Thinking’s Friday guest post series and a fellow “petro-nerd” who we always enjoy comparing notes with on oilfield trends. Here’s how she sees the business climate in this important vertical as 2019 gets underway… There’s a lot more …

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Our Dallas Members-Only Meetup

About 50 Infill Thinking members came out for our first meet-up of 2019 in Houston in early February. It was a great time. Now we have two more exciting member networking events on the schedule: Permian and Dallas! Login to get the details… There’s a lot more to this story… …

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E&P Budget Revision Risk Bites

This week, a negative revision risk we’ve been highlighting surfaced in the form of a swing from growth to contraction. After digesting, we zoom out to look at US spending trends as a whole. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this …

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