Last week during our Eagle Ford market intel gathering trip (see big picture highlights here), we stopped by the Monarch Silica frac sand production facility situated about 20 miles due south of San Antonio. In our meeting with management at the location we learned that… There’s a lot more to …
Read More »Embedded In The Eagle Ford – A Dozen Market Takeaways From Our Latest Completions Supply Chain Field Trip
In South Texas last week, we drove out to 13 local mines and 1 rail terminal. We went behind the gate with management teams for discussion and site visits at about half those locations. It was a busy couple days! Starting today, you’ll find the market intelligence we’ve gathered shared …
Read More »Thinning The Herd – The Public E&P Universe Is Shrinking Via M&A, Delistings
On the heels of yet another combination of public E&P operators this morning (PDC Energy and SRC Energy), we spent some time thinking about the expansion, peak and contraction of the public E&P universe. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this …
Read More »Frac Supply Chain Takeaways From Meetings In Fort Worth
We welcomed about 40 Infill Thinking subscribers for coffee, knowledge sharing, and networking on Wednesday in Fort Worth. This was the 16th reader appreciation event we’ve hosted in the past 2.5 years. Thanks to our highly engaged members, these events keep getting bigger and better. We also met with various …
Read More »Tying It All Together: Mapping Logical Destinations For Utah Local Frac Sand [Part 4/4 Utah Sand Series]
We may be wrapping up our Utah frac sand spotlight series today, but our coverage of this emerging local sand market doesn’t end here. We’ll be reporting on the local sand story in Utah as first shipments begin later this year, reporting on adoption trends, competitive dynamics, quality, surety of …
Read More »More… Still More. Another Local Sand Plant Is Going Vertical In The Permian
Back in the heyday of the Permian local frac sand boom (2017), Infill Thinking was breaking news about an incremental Permian frac sand plant once a week it seemed. With the Permian now oversupplied, all’s been quiet on the greenfield construction front for the past year. Here lately, we’ve been …
Read More »Southern Red Sands Spotlight After CEO Chat [Part 3/4 Utah Sand Series]
In an exclusive series of updates over the past couple of weeks, we have been analyzing frac sand market conditions in the often overlooked Utah completions market where big changes are happening in the supply stack. In this third installment of the series, we shine a spotlight on one new …
Read More »Are Frac Sand Customers Almost Done Spiking The Football On Cost Savings?
The latest operator commentary on frac sand continues to underscore local sand adoption and cost savings – themes that have been consistent on E&P calls since early-last year. However, this may be one of the final earnings seasons where we see… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …
Read More »How Much Local Utah Sand Will Be Devoured? A Look At Demand And “Uniquely Utah” Logistics Issues [2/4 Uinta Sand Series]
In a research update last week, we shared exclusive details on the local frac sand production scene in the state of Utah. In the second installment of our three-part series on local sand in the Uinta Basin, we discuss proppant demand and logistics in this unique completions market. There’s a …
Read More »Research Roundup – Major Supply Chains, Sand Buy-out, Unsustainable Sand Price, E-Frac Pricing, & 7 Other Important Datapoints…
There is already a veritable flood of pressure pumper and operator earnings coverage making the rounds from other analysts and publishers this week. So we focused here on sharing 11 bite-sized pieces of market intel (including a mix of datapoints and our own thoughts on the market) that are a …
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