This week we had an opportunity to attend and speak at the Petroleum Connection’s frac sand and logistics conference in San Antonio. It was the largest frac sand conference in the industry since 2019. It was a great time networking with peers and here is what grabbed us at the …
Read More »Texas Local Sand Spot Prices Fall To New Lows In November [Data Alert]
In this data driven post, we discuss frac sand price trends… 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, …
Read More »What’s Left In The E&P Spending Tank For 4Q23? [Data Alert]
In this data driven post, we discuss the bottoming trends in shale activity. 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 …
Read More »Probing For Shale Activity Bottom At $90 WTI [Data Alert]
In this data driven post, we discuss the bottoming trends in shale activity. 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 …
Read More »Permian Simulfracs Breach The 20% Milestone [Data Alert]
In this data driven post, we discuss the trend in Permian simulfrac activity. 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 …
Read More »U.S. Horizontal Drilling Demand Decline Stabilized A Lot In August [Shale Monthly Activity Data Alert]
In this data alert, see an interesting observation from a new data release just added for data subscribers… 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 …
Read More »Active Frac Fleet Count Trends [Chart Of The Day]
We estimate there are X-X fleets active in the U.S. market today. Here’s how that trend looks over time with a few thoughts on 1Q23 trends in completions… 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 »Undeterred By Flattening Market Conditions, Patterson-UTI Is Still Standing Up More Rigs & Frac Horsepower
We discuss a large pumper’s growth plans… 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 to …
Read More »Things We Heard About Shale Gas Activity Softening On Earnings Calls This Week…
Widely relied upon public data is causing a false sense of security about the resilience of shale gas activity. 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 …
Read More »In Other News… A + For NWS? A Sudden Frac CEO Change, H2O Buyer Id?, Freeze Fizzles & more…
A variety of interesting shale datapoints and anecdotes popped up in our research this week that didn’t warrant a full Infill Thinking write-up but are none-the-less worthy of a mention. Here are several of them: There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read …
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