This is a brutal day in the markets with asset values melting down and oil getting hammered ($78 as of this writing). Buckle up, the ride could get bumpy as this new dose of volatility intersects with year-ahead budget / planning season. That said, if there’s one thing oilfield pros …
Read More »Thoughts On The Private E&P Wildcard In The 2023 Completions Outlook
We examine Private E&P behavior and what they might do next as they have an increasingly large role in driving the D&C market these days. 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 …
Read More »Vintage Distribution Of Permian In-Basin Sand Capacity [Chart Of The Day]
We are tracking 10 new Permian local sand mines this year, which got us thinking about the vintage distribution of in-basin nameplate capacity. 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. …
Read More »Frac Inflation – One Big Driver Quantified [Chart Of The Day]
Inflation has been one of the hottest topics in shale lately, so here we take a look at one of the key drivers of completions cost escalation with hard data. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our …
Read More »Live From New York… It’s Shale Outlook Time
With the rubber hitting the road on 2023 budget planning, OFS and E&P CEOs converged in New York this week for the annual Barclays energy investor conference. Here’s what stood out to us… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update …
Read More »Well Costs Rising & Gap Filling… A Look At Why Shale E&P Capex Budgets Are Being Hiked
This earnings season, more than half the public E&Ps we monitor hiked their 2022 budget guidance. Many for the second time already this year… The publics are on track to spend 15-20% more than they originally communicated when 2022 budgets were set. Why? Well… There’s a lot more to this …
Read More »Shale E&P Deal Count Is Spiking In 2022 [Charts Of The Day]
Investment bankers have been BUSY making deals happen in E&P during 2022. Here’s a data driven update on the situation… 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 …
Read More »The Landowners’ Voice: Let’s Clean Up Our Legacy Before It Becomes An Albatross Around Our Neck [Guest Post]
Guest Contributor Introduction From Joseph Triepke: Long time Infill Thinking readers may recall several guest posts from their fellow member Schuyler Wight over the years. He first wrote in back in 2017 when local sand mines were becoming his new neighbors left and right. He wrote in again in 2018 …
Read More »Before… And …After. Tight Oil Thesis Testing In Ft. Worth This Week
This week, we attended the large oilfield conference in Ft Worth. We walked in with 7 key themes in mind and tested these in conversations with industry contacts at the event. Here is what we learned about the tight oil narrative for 2H22+… There’s a lot more to this story… …
Read More »E&P Frac Fleet Counts, Operator-By-Operator
Latest tallies on frac fleet counts by operator… 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 …
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