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  Last year during conference calls with investors, Chevron’s top brass made a hint that their words last Friday now confirm… 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 …

Important frac supply chain update for the Lower 48’s largest frac sand market – data takeaways and download link in the full report. 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. …

Infill Thinking covers read-through and takeaways from the first earnings release of 1Q24 OFS earnings season… Before our takeaways, we recognize Chris Wright on his confirmation as U.S. Secretary of Energy – congratulations Chris and congratulations America, for we cannot imagine a better person for the job. Chris founded Liberty …

We share company specific details after catching up with another private frac sand company’s management team. 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, …

In this update, we share key takeaways from our recent visit to High Roller Sand’s flagship Permian 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 …

This is the kind of update we hate to write. 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 …

  In this update, we share some things we are hearing from channel checks about Permian sand markets… 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 …

Distributed power solutions have been a hot and trending growth avenue attracting multiple oilfield service firms in the Lower 48. But for how long? Here’s the latest datpoint in the trend and what might be next… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To …

Always fun to see something new on a field trip.! We drove by the first deployment of a new wellsite sand storage system in the Permian during Jan 2025… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research …

In this update, we share a note from the road where we spotted something 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, or …

Our desk is churning out the research this week full steam ahead… 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 …

A frac sand plant in South Texas has traded hands – read the scoop 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 …

Quick update on a project which has stirred up local controversy… 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, …

In point one of this report a couple weeks ago, we wondered if Halliburton might consider expanding their minority interest in VoltaGrid to a controlling position. Yesterday, HAL’s CEO said… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our …

HAL earnings hit the newswire this week, and we highlight key points of interest to the broader completions market 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 …

We tagged along with a leading E&P during an industry-first frac supply chain prototype demo last week. Here is what we saw and thought about it… 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 …

  With the Eagle Ford and Haynesville now under winter storm warning, here’s what we are hearing from completions contacts in both basins… 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. …

While reviewing patent records we bumped our noses into something very very interesting 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 …

We drove more than 1,000 miles over the past couple of days getting our eyes on Midland and Delaware Basin frac jobs, frac supply chain solutions, and sand mines. Our Permian tour included in-person meetings/tours and visual inspections spanning dozens of notable locations. Notably, we witnessed two major industry firsts …

  Our team will put a lot of miles on the truck over the next couple of days. We are traipsing all over the Permian, starting in the Midland Basin and traveling out in to the Delaware as well. Our PPE is packed and we are doing what we love …

In this update, a data driven look at frac 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 has expired, please email …

In this update, we ponder a proppant transport angle that might be a tangential angle on a new trend that local sand plants can exploit to fend off substitution risk and E&Ps can use in as an alternative to heavily patented pet coke proppant… There’s a lot more to this …

  Infill Thinking first wrote about Atlas’s long-haul conveyor project nearly 5 years ago back in May 2019 (see point 10), well before it was announced in December 2022. Today, a major milestone was announced that we’ll see in person later this week! There’s a lot more to this story… Login …

  In this update, we’ve unearthed new data on the trend everyone’s talking about in proppant… 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, …

In this update, a round up of quick hits you should know about if you participate in the frac supply chain… 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 …

In this update, a data driven look at operators in a new way… 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 …

This report started out as a “Infill Thinking Predictions” piece about the new year. But that’s boring…. Most folks already know that 2025 is starting with flattish D&C fundamentals oversupply in OFS markets. So we pivoted… Here are 10 bold, game changing possibilities that we see business logic for but …

In this update, a data driven look at shale plays and E&P operators in a new way… 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 …

In this update, a data driven look at operators in a new way… 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 …

Happy New Year 2025 to the shale industry! During 2024, Infill Thinking: published 280 original research updates, shipped 100 e-newsletters to active members, provided unique proprietary data updates to Lium Data Plan members, conducted multiple field trips to report on frac jobs and supply chain activity in person and visit …

  We checked in with a variety of oilfield market participants around the holidays and early days of 2025 to get a read on some key seasonal factors. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, …

A buzzy theme for 2025 in oilfield service will be ways to play the power opportunity for companies historically more focused on well completions service. 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 …

In October, we wrote about a potential new local sand plant in the San Juan Basin (see point 4 here). Today, analysis on current status of the project which has stirred up local controversy… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this …

By The Numbers – Membership Resources Provided During 4Q24 Quarter to date, the Infill Thinking research team: toured 4 NWS mines and saw 4 others moderated several panels at the biggest frac supply chain event of the year hosted by Petroleum Connection sent members 23 e-newsletters containing 65 original research …

Important data driven update on the frac fleet working in the Lower 48… 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 …

Every Christmas season for the past eight years, we’ve written an oilfield Christmas song. We started doing these shale adaptations from the Christmas Classics before ChatGPT, so you can be sure a human hand actually created them! 🙂 The songs are part market research because they reflect the trends we …

In October, we wrote about a potential new local sand plant in the San Juan Basin (see point 4 here). Today, many more details… 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 …

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 E&P portion of 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 …

As we continue to process and digest last week’s year-ahead survey results we spent some time going over the open-ended responses…. 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 …

Infill Thinking’s annual year-end survey is collecting answers to an important question about 2025… In this post, you can read the industry’s responses.. 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. …

Our data team adapts on the fly, adding a special data series on pet coke use in fracing this week just days after Exxon’s news rocked the sand world. In this report, see how to access the new data and read 7 key takeaways There’s a lot more to this …

Exxon’s proppant disclosures this week were fascinating but left us hungry to learn more… 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 …

More analysis of Exxon’s proppant commentary 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 membership has expired, please email us …

Exxon is disclosing something today that could have folks in the frac supply chain buzzing for 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 …

By putting our heads together as a group, Infill Thinking members will establish an important baseline for understanding the “what next” in the new year. 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 …

Mobile nat gas fueled power gen equipment is a trending growth avenue attracting multiple oilfield service firms in the Lower 48. Here’s a must read primer on the rapidly evolving competitive landscape… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and …

5 unique frac datapoints to read in 5 minutes or less… 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, …

Important frac supply chain update for the Lower 48’s frac sand supply base… 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 …

What’s Exxon going to divulge about their Permian development strategy post-Pioneer next week? We share things we are tuning in for in this post 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 …