We examine Private E&P behavior and what they might do next as they have an increasingly large role in driving the D&C market these days. 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 »Cash Is King
It’s much easier to spend growth capital when each well drilled and completed is a smaller and smaller percentage of your cash on hand! So how’s that looking for the various oilfield participants? There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update …
Read More »Well Costs Rising & Gap Filling… A Look At Why Shale E&P Capex Budgets Are Being Hiked
This earnings season, more than half the public E&Ps we monitor hiked their 2022 budget guidance. Many for the second time already this year… The publics are on track to spend 15-20% more than they originally communicated when 2022 budgets were set. Why? Well… There’s a lot more to this …
Read More »2022 Public E&P Capex Budget Patterns & Predictions [Chart Of The Day]
2022 budget analysis… 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 our current subscription …
Read More »Price Hikes Are Indeed Killing E&P Capex [2022 E&P Thesis Tracking]
One of our E&P thesis coming into 2022 is that well cost inflation will surprise to the upside, putting E&Ps between a rock and a hard place. This is happening now. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive …
Read More »The Great Debate Over 2022 US Oil Production Growth [Charts Of The Day]
In early-2022, the magnitude of US crude oil production growth this year is a hot topic. 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 »Gearing Up For E&P Budget News [Chart Of The Day]
A near perfect recipe for spending growth ($87 WTI, well cost inflation, slowing efficiency gains) is colliding with public Independent E&P capital discipline and maintenance mentality. 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 E&P Operators Begin 2022 With A Cheery Disposition
Several talking points in the E&P narrative this week stood out… 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, …
Read More »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 »ESG Arms Race Drives A Rapid Recapitalization Of The Pressure Pumping Fleet
Aside from the priceless activity recovery in pressure pumping this year, ESG fleet conversion is the sector’s biggest theme. The recap is happening extremely quickly. By year-end 2021, we estimate that nat-gas power capable units will comprise…. feature photo image is ProPetro’s new Tier IV Dynamic Gas Blend (DGB) pumps …
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