What’s the latest on that new local sand mine up in the Marcellus/Utica that opened in late-2021? In this update, we provide all the latest datapoints we can get our hands on in the public record about this facility. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the …
Read More »If Oil Stays Above $80, Frac Sand Demand In 2023 Hits New Record Highs [Chart Of The Day]
Tell us what the oil price is going to be, and we’ll tell you what frac sand demand will be… or at least what our shale data science models (fine tuned over many years and many cycles) estimate it will be! There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …
Read More »Unconfirmed But Talk Heating Up About A Potential New Sand Miner
Industry talk about another new entrant frac sand miner is building, but we’ve been unable to connect with the right folks at the company yet to confirm… here’s what talk in frac sand inner circles suggests… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To …
Read More »A Key Frac Sand Driver Has Been Stuck In The Mud. Is It Poised For A Breakout Causing A Step Up In Sand Demand?
This week, we are working with our colleagues at Lium Research on refreshing the quarterly Shale Data packet, which includes forecasted frac crews, wells, and frac sand demand among other metrics. If you are a Lium data client, watch for email notification about the new downloads later this week. A …
Read More »New Permian Frac Sand Supply Coming Soon? Watch These Two Locations… [EXCLUSIVE]
We follow up on several recent Infill Thinking reports about new sand capacity with more details from our channel checks… 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 »A Dozen Frac Supply Chain Quick Hits
We are picking up some interesting chatter in the frac supply chain… 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 »Frac Sand Mine Orderbook Chatter Gets Louder
With the list of both confirmed and rumored new greenfield frac sand projects in 2022 growing, we built this new database for Lium Data clients with all the new plants we are monitoring. In this update, we share observations about the new capacity we are tracking… There’s a lot more …
Read More »E&P Sand Talk Roundup As High Peak Mentions Their New In-Field Sand Initiative…
This earnings season, frac sand comments have been fairly light. The most notable of the sand remarks made by E&Ps on their conference calls over the past couple weeks was… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our …
Read More »Follow Up Thoughts On NexTier Acquisition Of CIG’s Last Mile Business
After breaking the news of NexTier’s CIG acquisition earlier this week ahead of the press release, we’ve had time to digest the deal and consider it’s implications, which we discuss here… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive …
Read More »New Player Announces New Permian Sand Mine, Confirming A Previous Infill Thinking Report
Back in May we wrote about sand activity in southeastern NM. Today, one of the firms we identified as a potential new player in the area announced their intentions to bring capacity online. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update …
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