Oil price momentum continues. Good news from OPEC yesterday buoyed WTI above $65. What might $70 oil bring for Permian oilfield activity? The data scientists at Lium Research, our affiliate, had actually run the numbers on that very question a week before this latest oil price spike for data clients …
Read More »Sanding Fracs Is Getting Easier But Still Not Easy
It’s been nearly three weeks since the Texas cold snap began and froze the oilfield. As Infill Thinking readers know, the frac sand supply situation in Texas went from bad to worse in a hurry during… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To …
Read More »Tight Oil E&P Capex Creeping Higher Y/Y In 2021 [Chart Of The Day]
Preliminary budgets have risen… 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 …
Read More »Following Frac Fleets – Round Up Of 2021 Planned Crew Counts Company-By-Company
In this update we tally up a bottoms-up look at Lower 48 frac activity company-by-company… 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 …
Read More »Simul-Frac Buzz Builds – A Simple, Yet Powerful Step Change In Shale
In January, Infill Thinking wrote that simul fracs would be the dominant disruptive theme in 2021 (read more). During 4Q20 earnings season, evidence is building in support of the trend’s big impact… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and …
Read More »Snovid 2021 – Most Southwestern Frac Activity Still Offline, In For A Rough Restart
An update on the frozen and mostly shutdown southwestern oilfield. 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 »Sand Icicles & Frozen Hoses – Texas Frac Not Thawing Out Yet… [Photos From The Field]
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, and here are several that Infill Thinking members 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 must be a member. If you are new to Infill …
Read More »Implications To Keep In Mind As The Permian Freezes And Pads Shut Down
As E&Ps react to extreme temps in the Permian by shutting down fracs, we think through the ripple effects this will have in the oilfield marketplace… 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 »New Monthly Frac Fleet Data Report [Chart Of The Day]
In partnership with our research affiliate Lium, here are new frac fleet stats… 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 …
Read More »Research Recap: Frac Supply Chain Disorder In 2021
As January has turned to February, the dual completions bottlenecks of tight sand supply and tight trucking remain hot topics in the oilfield business. At Infill Thinking, we’ve published 14 updates on the frac friction this situation has caused so far this year (well, 15 updates if you count another …
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