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 …
Read More »Here’s What The Pressure Pumpers Are Saying About Fleet Expansion As Prices & Demand Increase
While OFS is getting credit for being disciplined and many companies across the oilfield value chain are echoing a chorus of “we are sold out”, some fleet expansion is still happening. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive …
Read More »A More Effective Rebundling Catalyst Than Pressure Pumper Marketing? Unbundling Can Increase “Bungling” Risks In This Sand Market
Unbundling works until it doesn’t. And some E&Ps are finding that it doesn’t right now… 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, …
Read More »Pipe Shortages Are Slowing Shale Down In 2022 [Friday Guest Post]
Access to OCTG has become a critical concern in today’s oilfield. When OCTG issues or concerns come up, we know just who to call to get answers… In this update, see five key OCTG market questions answered by the leading independent market researcher in this oilfield category… There’s a lot more …
Read More »Shale Well Cost Inflation Is Starting To Outpace Operator Expectations
What E&Ps are telling their investors is changing – the changes so far are subtle, but they are firm evidence that cost inflation has been underappreciated. 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 …
Read More »Price Hikes Are Indeed Killing E&P Capex [2022 E&P Thesis Tracking]
One of our E&P thesis coming into 2022 is that well cost inflation will surprise to the upside, putting E&Ps between a rock and a hard place. This is happening now. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive …
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