Last week’s three-day Petroleum Connection was the biggest event of the year in the frac sand supply and logistics industry, drawing over 500 attendees and the who’s who of the completions supply chain. The agenda was well constructed, and we tip our hats to the conference organizers for their thoughtful …
Read More »Uptick In Unusual Compliance Disclosures By A Permian Pressure Pumper (And One Of Their Customers)…
This chain of events may end quietly with little fanfare and that’d be great. But we’ll be keeping an eye out for additional filings here as it’s not every day we see this much action on the legal disclosure front… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see …
Read More »Produced Water Reuse Is Rising, But The Ceiling Is Still High
Over the past 24 months, several driving forces have advanced the upstream industry mindset on water recycling, causing reuse to rise sharply. But there’s still plenty of room to grow, and we take a look at why, where things stand now, and what’s next in water recycling. If you are …
Read More »Monarch Silica Is Ramping In The Eagle Ford [Eagle Ford Stops Along The Road]
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 …
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