A water diversion project in Pecos, Reeves, and Ward counties is stirring up some opposition… 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 »New Revelations About EOG’s Sand & Water Supplies In Texas
In this update we put two and two together to illuminate EOG’s new Permian sand procurement strategy to get sand closer to the wellhead. 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 …
Read More »New Permian In-field Frac Sand Mining Capacity On The Way & Will Be Easily Absorbed
Today we have updated our Permian sand plant database for several new in-field facilities. Here are key takeaways… 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 »Permian Water Kerfuffle Heats Up With Another TX RRC Crackdown Before Year-End
The unprecedented 2021 TX RRC crackdown on SWD-induced seismicity in the Permian continues with one more big action taken by the TX Railroad Commission before year-end. This year… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, …
Read More »The Landowners’ Voice: Fixing The Pecos County Sinkhole Mess [Guest Post]
Orphan wells and groundwater pollution are hot button issues in the Permian these days, and likely to become even hotter topics in the days ahead. In that context, today’s guest post is extremely relevant… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this …
Read More »Delaware Basin City Running Out Of Water – An Underappreciated Story With Big Implications
In today’s bizarre world, so called “social media influencers” get millions of views for videos containing meaningless blather. On the other hand, we dug up a video posted about a week ago which everyone in the Permian oilfield should watch with rapt attention; however, it only had 25 views as …
Read More »Don’t Conflate Exxon’s Big Permian Rig Count Chop With Completions [Analyst Day Takeaways]
Within minutes of the transcript of the Exxon analyst day being released, we shared this summary of what’s new in the company’s Permian Basin Drilling & Completion outlook…. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, …
Read More »The Curious Case Of Reeves County’s Fall From Grace
In 2017, we recognized Reeves the “most drilled” and “most improved county in the Permian in this update, which we titled: “More Rigs Have Been Activated In Reeves County In 2017 Than In The Entire Bakken.” Here in 2020, we find ourselves writing a very different assessment of activity in …
Read More »Quick Thoughts On Atlas Sand’s TX/NM Frac Sand Conveyor Project
Infill Thinking first wrote about Atlas Sand’s conveyor project back in May 2019 (see point 10). The cat is out of the bag now and the mainstream media is feasting on a BLM press release about a new permit application filed by Atlas Sand. Atlas Sand isn’t commenting about the …
Read More »Positive Read-Through For Both Felix Water And WPX 2020 Capex From Monday’s Big E&P M&A Deal
The dust is settling on another big E&P M&A announcement in 2019, and this one has implications for related water and midstream deal processes as well as 2020 E&P capex spending in the Permian. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this …
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