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Read More »Hi-Crush Commences Chapter 11 Proceedings After Striking Productive Deals With Lenders & Lessors
Long awaited news materializes just before the deadline… 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 …
Read More »Potential Mobile-Mini Plant Deployments & Frac Crew Reactivations. Green Shoots Can Be Found If You Look Hard Enough!
News on the in-field sand production front could be brewing… Meanwhile a handful of crews are going back to work as the industry expects a couple dozen “fractivations” this quarter.
Read More »2 Smart Takes On The Latest Shots Fired In The White vs. Brown Sand Debate
A big study was recently released finding favorably for Northern White Sand vs. in-basin sand. See what some smart completions engineers with ties to in-basin sand think here… 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 »Frac Sand’s Biggest Name From The Northern White Era Files Chapter 11 And Abandons Thousands Of Rail Cars
This is a firm we’ve flagged as a potential restructuring candidate in several recent posts (most prominently in a newsletter last week when we wrote “all eyes turn to Covia to see if they announce restructuring”). Today, we provide analysis of the news… There’s a lot more to this story… …
Read More »It’s Hard To Believe This Year Is Only Halfway Done! Here Are The Top 20 Updates Of The Second Quarter
By The Stats – Membership Resources Provided During 2Q20 In the 90 days ended June 30, 2020, the Infill Thinking research team: published 86 independent research updates, emailed 25 original Infill Thoughts newsletters to active members, issued 14 data releases to Think Sheets® members, got in one last great member meetup …
Read More »Bankruptcy Claims A 14th Major Casualty In Frac Sand… The Biggest Name So Far
Several weeks ago and again on Tuesday, we highlighted a group of oilfield firms that had yet to report 1Q20 earnings. We warned towards the end of the post that some might announce restructuring along with earnings. On Thursday, several of them did just that. One of them is the …
Read More »Navigating A Tough Market With Advice From An NFL Legend [Friday Guest Post]
Our guest post this week comes from the Fort Worth desk of Paul Shearer. His post is our second guest contribution this month that comes from a frac sand specialist on the open market who also majored in journalism. That’s an Infill Thinking Friday guest post series first, and it …
Read More »Still Waiting… Is A “Mini-Earnings Season” About To Commence?
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Read More »Surviving Together [Friday Guest Post]
Eric Barton probably needs no introduction among Infill Thinking’s readership. He is a well-known frac sand sourcing veteran who has spent close to a decade in supply chain and procurement roles for publicly traded E&P operators. Eric was one of the early pioneers of the now widespread direct sourcing strategy, …
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