This week, all the talk in frac sand insider circles has been about the sand hauling chaos. Here are three recent Infill Thinking pieces on this development: The Warning The First Signs The Story Continues Here we take a data-driven look at one of the culprits… There’s a lot more …
Read More »Tense Trucking Situation Persists As Getting Sand To Fracs Proves Difficult In Early-2021
An update on the transportation issues ripping through the frac market after additional channel checks 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 …
Read More »Warning Fulfilled As Some Fracs Rang In The New Year Without Sand
In our final newsletter of 2020, we warned about the risk of driver absences wreaking some havoc in the frac supply chain (see this update). It happened. Here’s what we are hearing on the first business day of 2021 about the struggle to sand fracs: There’s a lot more to …
Read More »Infill Thinking’s Top 20 Of 2020
You don’t need yet another publication telling you what a crazy year 2020. So we won’t. Instead, here are some stats on the member resources Infill Thinking provided during 2020 followed by a list of the most popular research updates that Infill Thinkers clicked on during the year. Spoiler alert, …
Read More »Frac Scattershooting: 8 Notable Quick Hits From The Sand Patch
In addition to the other research Infill Thinking published this week, a variety of miscellaneous datapoints from around the frac patch and the sand patch crossed our desk this week. Here are eight points that are deserving of a quick mention. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …
Read More »Last Mile Logistics As A Category [Friday Guest Post]
Wondering about how simulfrac trend factors into the last mile of the completions supply chain? We’ve got answers from an expert for you here today… 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 …
Read More »Infill Thinking’s 2021 Outlook Survey. The Recovery Begins With Uncertainty In Spades…
By putting our heads together as a group, Infill Thinking members will establish an important baseline for understanding the “what next” in the new year. 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 …
Read More »Boots On The Ground Frac Hauling Thoughts From A Dusty Texas Lease Road [Friday Guest Post]
We are honored to carry this very important member guest contribution from… 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 »A Microproppant Mill Lands In The Eagle Ford
We had a chance this week to catch up with the owner / operator of an interesting and unique new frac sand facility that has just landed in the Eagle Ford Shale. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and …
Read More »Tracking Sand Mine Closures Across The Land [Chart Of The Day]
Leave it to us negative nellies to send out a mine closure data update to Think Sheets members on Thanksgiving Eve, but that’s just what we did last week. Here’s a big picture takeaway for all Infill Thinking members. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the …
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