Earlier today, we updated our Wellsite Storage system count file for data clients (download link). As a key takeaway, our estimated count for…. 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. …
Read More »What’s PropX Up To? Tipping Boxes? Wet Sand Solution 2.0? “Sand Scorpion”? [Exclusive]
Over the past couple of weeks, posts have surfaced on LinkedIn showing a novel approach to wet sand container management from PropX (like this one, this one, and this one). Below is a slideshow with some of the videos and still shots we have seen surfacing online, followed by the …
Read More »Enter Prometheus – A New Final Mile Solution Purpose-Built For Wet Sand [Exclusive]
After talking with the creators behind it, we learned some interesting stuff about the frac sand supply chain’s second wet sand storage system for final mile… 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 »Back To Ops Basics… With A New Record Achieved In Frac Sand Last Mile Logistics This Week
In this time of business turmoil, operational issues can seem like an afterthought. In a piece several weeks ago, we presented data showing how the pandemic and oil price crash have distracted industry leaders from critical field development optimization issues. In this update, we argue that it’s time to get …
Read More »Wet Sand Direct To Blender Might Be Music To Our Fracing Ears [Guest Post]
In addition to the personnel exposure benefit, the elimination of the drying process has a very real impact on energy consumption and the resulting emissions. Converting an annual operation that pumps 360,000 tons of sand dried by natural gas to a wet sand operation would reduce CO2 emissions by at …
Read More »Three Firms Control About Half Of The Wellsite Storage Market. Here’s What They Had To Say About It.
Here are the key bits of market intel that we picked out remarks made by three market share leaders in the wellsite storage game 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 …
Read More »The Last Mile Solution Situation A Half Year Into Oversupply [Chart Of The Day]
We believe that new gen supply of wellsite frac sand storage systems climbed above demand for the first time in late-4Q18. Long time readers may recall this deep dive analysis from September 2018 outlining the new gen growth trajectory and coming inflection. Here’s what’s new since then… There’s a lot …
Read More »The Wellsite Frac Sand Storage Replacement Cycle Ends In 2018
All new gen wellsite storage suppliers have enjoyed remarkable growth trajectories, but how long will this continue to be the case? We examine a potential inflection point incorporating takeaways from a proprietary study we conducted in this update. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full …
Read More »ELDisruption – E-Logs Are Reverberating Through The Oilfield, And It’s Not Even Hard Enforcement Yet…
Two months before ELD phase-in last year, we called on industry contacts to help illuminate the risk posed to oilfield activity by this new regulation. The results foretold significant adverse impacts in the already tight oilfield hauling business. With ELD phase-in turning one-month old last week, we caught up with many …
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