As shale turns 20 years old, we are examining and commeroating a variety of historical trends to illuminate big structural changes in shale’s history (including some ongoing themes that continue reshaping the industry). Our goal with this new series is several-fold: provide data-driven context for key multi-cycle themes (including several …
Read More »Quick Thoughts On Pressure Pumping: Small Frac Outfits Rise, Bids Strengthen, Old HHP Recycled, & more…
Some interesting market nuggets in pressure pumping crossed our desk 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 Infill Thinking, or your membership has …
Read More »Where Would $85 Oil Put The Frac Fleet Count In 2023? [Chart Of The Day]
This week, we stress tested our data models in a good way – for upside in our oil price assumptions! 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 »HAL Hot Takes On ESG Frac Fleets
This week, Halliburton talked about something we’ve been doing a lot of work on lately: ESG fleet trends. Here’s the key points and the key pieces from our archive to add context… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and …
Read More »ESG Arms Race Drives A Rapid Recapitalization Of The Pressure Pumping Fleet
Aside from the priceless activity recovery in pressure pumping this year, ESG fleet conversion is the sector’s biggest theme. The recap is happening extremely quickly. By year-end 2021, we estimate that nat-gas power capable units will comprise…. feature photo image is ProPetro’s new Tier IV Dynamic Gas Blend (DGB) pumps …
Read More »RIP To The 400 Frac Fleets Replaced By Frac Efficiency [Chart Of The Day]
A staggering look at frac efficiency gains leveraging Lium Research data. 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 »Pressure Pumping Pricing Gains Are Inevitable. Right Guys? Right?
Our channel checks reveal some interesting things happening towards the commoditized end of hydraulic fracturing market. 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 »New Monthly Frac Fleet Data Report [Chart Of The Day]
In partnership with our research affiliate Lium, here are new frac fleet stats… 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 »Modeling The US Frac Fleet By Power Source [Chart Of The Day]
In partnership with our affiliate Lium, we’ve recently begun to actively model frac spreads by power type across the Lower 48…. 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 …
Read More »As The Texas Frac Fleet Sinks, Local Sand Capacity Rapidly Goes Offline [Chart Of The Day]
We estimate the active frac fleet count across the two big Texas oil plays has fallen from up near X crews in 1Q20 down to only about X active fleets today. This is now old news, but it still takes our breath away to see that in print. Obviously, nobody’s …
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