After the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard (DSL) petition was filed earlier this week, we had a chance to catch up with a subject matter expert on Texas environmental issues to learn a bit more about what matters in the petition and what to watch for next… There’s a lot more to this …
Read More »Infill Thinking Goes To Washington
At Infill Thinking, we are honored by a recent invitation to participate in this week’s Industrial Minerals Association North America Spring 2018 meeting. On Wednesday May 9, Infill Thinking Founder and Principal Research Analyst Joseph Triepke will speak about big picture frac sand market trends as a participant on the …
Read More »Preferred Sands Now Has A Double-Barrel Plant Strategy Lined Up In All The Big 3 Tight Oil Basins. Eagle Ford Site #2 Is The Latest News…
Get the latest on Preferred Sands’ multi-barrel approach to adding frac sand capacity in the big oil plays. 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 …
Read More »From What We Are Hearing, This Would Be A Great Weekend To Revisit This In-Depth Petition Primer…
Admittedly, predicting the timing of the DSL listing petition has proven difficult. That said, we suggest readers revisit this in-depth guide over the weekend to be braced for come what may… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and …
Read More »It’s Official: Fairmount Santrol Confirms A Past Infill Thinking Report On Oklahoma Greenfield Expansion
Infill Thinking subscribers knew about the news that Fairmount announced today several weeks ago thanks to an Infill Thinking open records request and a little elbow grease we put into connecting some dots in the public record. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… …
Read More »A Self-Proclaimed “Sand Snob” Laughed At The Regional Sourcing Trend Six Months Ago. He’s Not Laughing Anymore…
The customer is always right, and here is what they are saying about the frac sand they are buying. 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 …
Read More »Automatize Takes An “Airbnb” Style Approach To Last Mile Logistics [Silica Valley Series]
This is the third installment in our Silica Valley Series which shines the spotlight on an increasingly critical part of the frac value chain: new software solutions in the last mile. A crop of new entrants are improving the frac sand industry’s “mind-muscle connection” on the highways from origin to …
Read More »US Silica Explains Permian Plant Delays, Says One Big Customer Has Switched Back To NWS [Live Blog Complete]
We live blogged our takeaways from the US Silica earnings conference call on Tuesday morning… 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 »Halliburton Issues A Rebuttal And An Endorsement
No EPS or EBITDA or financial speak to give you tired-head. Just the market intel that really matters curated from Halliburton’s earnings conference call on Monday April 23. Oh and also the fireworks… lots of fireworks. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To …
Read More »The New Face Of Frac Sand? Permian Startups Take The House Floor In Austin [Testimony Recap]
Last Wednesday, Hayden Gillespie (Chief Commercial Officer of Black Mountain Sand) and Bud Brigham (Chairman of Atlas Sand) testified in front of the Texas House Of Representatives Energy Committee. If you missed their testimony, no worries took it in and recapped the highlights here. Some interesting market intel and perspective on …
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