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Yes folks, it’s true… what you’ve heard…. the oilfield marketplace is a changing and the competitive landscape we’ve all gotten used to for the past decade or so could look very very VERY different a decade from now… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full …

A long-marketed Northern White Sand asset package finally found a buyer last week…. for what we estimate is a penny on the dollar relative to invested capital. This deal… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research …

Unsurprisingly, lawyers and restructuring advisors are the biggest winners in this mess. They are making out like bandits and harvesting a massive payday from the industry’s financial predicament. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, …

It seems like every couple days another oilfield company declares Chapter 11. Against this bankruptcy backdrop, we consider the future of oilfield services… 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. …

The future of the frac supply chain’s competitive landscape is being rapidly reshaped by restructuring activity. Maintaining situational awareness in multiple fast-moving cases is key. And this week… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, …

This is a firm we’ve flagged as a potential restructuring candidate in several recent posts (most prominently in a newsletter last week when we wrote “all eyes turn to Covia to see if they announce restructuring”). Today, we provide analysis of the news… There’s a lot more to this story… …

Like with most sectors of the US economy in the Covid-19 world, dealmaking has gone silent in the oilfield water sector. There are three reasons that the recent lack of transactions in this oilfield niche is especially noteworthy: … There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the …

While waiting for deal flow to pick back up, we dusted off our water M&A database this 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 be a member. If you are new to …

In a recent year-end review, we shared our top 19 stories from 2019 in frac sand and oilfield water as measured by membership interest. Before we leave 2019 behind and fully focus on the new year, we have one more year-in-review recap for you. This one summarizes the installments in …

In this update, three charts – one showing the surge of ESG interest in the oilfield and two others explaining why. The data is followed up with in-depth analysis and commentary on sentiment, investment, why it matters, who’s doing what, RFQ impacts, what oilfield niches have big ESG opportunities, and …