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Last month during our Eagle Ford market intel gathering trip (see the big picture highlights here), we stopped by the Signal Peak Silica frac sand production facility for a tour and meeting with management. Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you …

An update earlier this week summarized some key quotes from the panels on in-basin and northern white sand at the largest completions supply chain event of the year. In this update are similar recaps of some of the more poignant statements from two other panels at the event… Login to …

Everyone knows that you often learn just as much in the side hallways of industry events as you do in the main hall. In that vein, here are 5 interesting things that we learned in conversations with industry contacts at the event. These are pretty dense and provide plenty of …

Last week’s three-day Petroleum Connection was the biggest event of the year in the frac sand supply and logistics industry, drawing over 500 attendees and the who’s who of the completions supply chain. The agenda was well constructed, and we tip our hats to the conference organizers for their thoughtful …

Infill Thinking participated in the Petroleum Connection’s frac sand conference in San Antonio this week. We will share a full recap of our key takeaway in a piece early next week – we learned quite a bit on the sidelines of the show as well as during several of the …

A good, quality, upstanding outfit just exited stage left. While industry-wide capacity reductions are needed, we see this news as a bad omen for the industry at large… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If your …

We first learned that Wood Mackenzie had conducted an independent study on the performance of local sand downhole in a tweet from Robert Clarke, the firm’s Lower 48 upstream research director who some of you may have met at our recent member meetup in Fort Worth. Respecting Robert and Wood …

Last week during our Eagle Ford market intel gathering trip (see big picture highlights here), we stopped by the Monarch Silica frac sand production facility situated about 20 miles due south of San Antonio. In our meeting with management at the location we learned that… Login to see the full …

This week, a very large carrier that hauls frac sand sent an important letter to customers. This has big market implications for the frac supply chain. In the letter, the company’s president…. Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be …

In South Texas last week, we drove out to 13 local mines and 1 rail terminal. We went behind the gate with management teams for discussion and site visits at about half those locations. It was a busy couple days! Starting today, you’ll find the market intelligence we’ve gathered shared …