Following up on two recent pieces of high value research with more datapotins further to the 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 a member. If you are new to Infill …
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E&P Capex Guidance Provided Over Past Two Weeks Bodes Well For Frac Activity
Over the past week, we have processed capex spending updates from about 25 public shale E&Ps into our oilfield spending models. Data clients can access the latest operator-by-operator spending database here, which includes our 2022 expectations. Here’s a chart showing how things changed from our last update three months ago… …
Read More »Wellsite Storage – A Supply Base In Decline [Chart Of The Day]
Most Infill Thinking readers remember the go-go days for wellsite storage systems. A few years ago, the new gen silo and containerized sand system solution providers like Solaris and SandBox and PropX couldn’t build systems fast enough. Then along came the second wave of new gen systems (like SandStorm, Sand …
Read More »Counting Frac Crews & Rigs By Company
Counting, counting, counting all the crews, one by one they add up! 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 »10% Upside To Rig Count In 4Q21 E&Ps Say
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 …
Read More »All Eyes On Shale Well Cost Inflationary Trends
One of the biggest questions on our contacts’ minds about 2022 is how supply, freight, and labor cost inflation will factor into the US onshore E&P business. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you …
Read More »Permian Water Threat Level Rising Fast – Emergency Order On The Table?
The risk narrative continues to move in a negative direction for the Permian Basin produced water sector… 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 »US Silica’s Latest Frac Sand Market Outlook
US Silica provided their 2Q21 results and rest of year outlook this morning. Here is a digestible bullet point summary of the key market intel they shared… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you …
Read More »BIG News For The Marcellus Shale Frac Supply Chain
Way back in March 2018, we speculated in this piece that Antero might be looking to vertically integrate sand mining, predicting that their most likely path forward would be building a regional / in-basin 2-2.5mmtpa greenfield mine (read more). It only took 3.5 years, but fast forward to today and …
Read More »Liberty Boxes Up The PropX Platform
What Happened: Yesterday evening, Liberty announced they are buying out PropX for $90mm. Here are our quick thoughts on the 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 …
Read More »Eagle Ford Local Sand Trends Mask Supply Disruption [Chart Of The Day]
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, …
Read More »Quantifying The Delaware Disposal Deletion [Chart Of The Day]
During the 3rd Annual Oilfield Water Industry Update in Houston a couple weeks ago, the TX RRC’s move to crack down on disposal was the hottest topic. We summarized some key takeaways on the crackdown and made some predictions about future action in point 4 of our takeaways here. One …
Read More »The Permian Oilfield Water Crackdown Continues… Now Delaware Disposal Capacity At Risk Of Regulatory Removal
During the 3rd Annual Oilfield Water Industry Update in Houston a couple weeks ago, the TX RRC’s seismicity-induced move to crackdown on disposal injection was the hottest topic. We summarized some key takeaways on the crackdown and made some predictions about future action in point 4 of our takeaways here. …
Read More »A Rig Count Rarity – US Land Rig Count Down For Only 2nd Time ALL YEAR!
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 …
Read More »Quick Thoughts On Three Deals Of Note – One Each In Water, Frac, & E&P
Context is key and we’ve got some for the big deals announced 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 to Infill Thinking, or your …
Read More »Permian Sand Mining Workforce Plateaus [Chart Of The Day]
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, …
Read More »“Yeah But…” Industry Feedback On Our Thesis Of Frac Sand Consolidators Emerging
Following the logic on M&A possibly returning in 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, please …
Read More »Halliburton Sings 5F’s Praises; Says Net Pricing Is Back In Frac
Halliburton’s conference call this week echoed an inflection in Infill Thinking’s recent research flow on net pricing in frac… 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 »Produced Water Risks & Opportunities Abound As Deal Flow Increases [OWC Event Takeaways]
Last week, we joined 175 senior oilfield water industry professionals at the 3rd Annual Oilfield Water Industry Update conference at the Houstonian. It was a full house and a full discussion – there is no shortage of excitement in the sector at present. Here are some key takeaways from the …
Read More »Permian & Eagle Ford Permitting Trends Suggest Strong Finish To 2021
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 …
Read More »Trucking Is Emerging As The Most Concerning Chokepoint To Shale Growth Through 1Q22
Resourcing the last mile on frac jobs is tough now, but it could be EXTREMELY chaotic in Jan 2022, even by typical first quarter standards. 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 »Good News Bad News For S TX Sand Buyers
An update on Eagle Ford sandemonium… 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 »Gas Fracs Need More Sand. A Leading Haynesville Supplier Responds.
Outside of a mini-mobile mine here or there, greenfield expansion is no longer the norm frac sand. But this week a gas-basin supplier is bucking the norm… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you …
Read More »High Nat Gas Prices Add To The Intrigue In Eagle Ford D&C Market
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 …
Read More »Are Frac Sand’s Strategic Consolidators FINALLY Emerging?
Several recent datapoints may start to answer a key question holding up frac sand consolidation: who will the buyers be? Everyone in frac sand expects M&A…eventually… But the biggest hold-up to a deal flurry in the past 12-24 months has been a… There’s a lot more to this story… Login …
Read More »Paying Off The Tease…
We realize there were several cliff hangers in our research publication earlier this week (specifically in this update). Sorry about that, but when our sources ask us to not share sensitive details we comply to a fault. We said as much as we could earlier, and now we are happy …
Read More »Finding Favor In Frac Sand – Railed Tons Rising
We catch up with an old friend in frac sand to learn about what he’s up to and some new market insight… 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 …
Read More »Infill Thinking’s Top Fifteen 3Q21 Updates
With 3Q21 in the books, we are pausing to look back at the most read Infill Thinking research updates of the quarter. The oilfield 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, …
Read More »Rig Count – 10/1/21
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 …
Read More »Sand Scuttlebut: M&A Finally? Wet Sand Solution(S), New CEO?, Last Mile Nuggets, ‘People On The Move’, & Plant Updates…
Scuttlebut from across the frac supply chain this week including plant status and deal news, last mile crew news, and executives on the move…. 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 »Frac Newco & Market Updates
In light of several recent public announcements and developments at startup frac outfits we’ve been covering this year (plus the public “arrival announcement” of another new entrant), now’s a good time for pressure pumping newco news roundup. Throughout 2021, we’ve kept Infill Thinking members in-the-know early about the several new …
Read More »Oilfield Water Deal Flow Is Heating Up [Chart Of The Day]
Plenty of water deal news continues to cross the wires as 2019 draws to a close. And what a year it’s been for water midstream M&A. This week deals announced by three buyers take the deal count we track up to X significant water midstream transactions in 2019 vs. only …
Read More »Pressure Pumping Pricing Premonition – The Pendulum Is FINALLY Swinging Back To The Pumpers
For most of 2021, we’ve written at Infill Thinking about how net pricing in frac services has been elusive despite the frac crew count climbing higher – it’s been a priceless recovery with pumpers receiving very few price increases outside of cost inflation pass throughs. Here’s why that may not …
Read More »From Bad To Worse For Eagle Ford Sand Buyers…
Things went from bad to worse for buyers in the Eagle Ford sand market this week… here’s the latest. 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 »Rig Market Heats Up
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 …
Read More »BIG News On Midland Basin Production Front As RRC Requests PW Injection Curtailments Due To Seismicity…
This week, a regulator crackdown in the Midland Basin fulfilled an Infill Thinking prediction from April 2021… 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 »South Texas Frac Supply Chain Roiled By Covid
Last week all the talk in the Eagle Ford frac supply chain market was of a mine closure that rapidly tightened the local proppant marketplace. Here are the details and market impacts… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and …
Read More »A Big Push On The Damp Sand Flywheel [Boots On The Ground Report]
We spent some time with industry friends at a sand plant open house in Caldwell TX this week and we learned a lot about wet 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 …
Read More »Digesting The First Water Midstream Pure Play IPO Filing
We analyze a huge deal in water midstream. 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 …
Read More »Wet Sand Renovations About To Begin At Chesapeake’s Burleson Mine
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 …
Read More »A Sand Hauler Starts A Fast-Paced ESG Re-Fleeting Mission…
We’ve recently covered the CNG re-fleeting efforts of several last milers including Detmar Logistics and Sand Revolution. This week, 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 a member. If …
Read More »“The Good Old Days Of Sand Hauling Are Over” [EXCLUSIVE]
Over the weekend, we broke the news that 1845 is shutting down its oilfield division and selling their commercial operation (see link). This morning, we had a chance to talk about the news by phone with 1845’s President… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full …
Read More »ConocoPhillips Sinks Twenty Billion Into Permian M&A In 11 Months As Shell Exits Stage Left
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 …
Read More »BRUTAL Business… A Second Sand Hauler Exits In As Many Days
Over the weekend we shared bad news about a large carrier closing shop. They weren’t the only sand hauler to call it quits last 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 …
Read More »Yet Another Large Carrier Exits The Oilfield As Trucking Hardships Continue
More bad news in the sand hauling space… 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 …
Read More »4 Things We CLARIFIED In Grapevine This Week…
This week, we participated in the 10th Annual Petroleum Connection Frac Supply & Logistics Conference in Grapevine Texas. In a related update this moring, we highlighted some new things we learned at the event. The focus of the following key takeaways is on market observations we thought we knew about …
Read More »5 Things We LEARNED In Grapevine This Week…
This week, Grapevine Texas is the epicenter of the frac sand industry as about 300 completions industry insiders have gathered for the 10th Annual Petroleum Connection Frac Supply & Logistics Conference. They came for the great content and networking. They stayed for the seafood tower (crab claws anyone?), sushi at …
Read More »Nat Gas Frac Crews – Where Might They Go In 2022 If Henry Hub Is $6+?
In recent posts penned as natural gas prices surged, we’ve taken a look at rig and frac sand trends. We’d be remiss not to do the same in pressure pumping, where… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive …
Read More »STACKing Up Some Gains – MidCon Is A Dark Horse In 2021 Recovery
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 …
Read More »US Sand Demand: Nat Gas vs. Crude Oil Split [Chart Of The Day]
How will higher gas prices translate to frac sand demand? Important context 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 Thinking, or your membership …
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