Infill Thinking visited the third Permian Basin frac sand mine to come online back when it was under construction in August. With the plant coming online last week, we share exclusive details from our time on site with management as well as the very latest on the startup from our …
Read More »About 80 Trucks A Day Are Moving Out Of Aequor’s Gates Out In Culberson County Right Now
We checked in with Aequor management out in Culberson County for an update on the Permian Basin’s second online frac sand mine. 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 …
Read More »Permian Frac Sand Scattershooting Part 2: Smart Sand’s Plan, Well Performance, New Contracts, Delaware Usage
Another installment in our popular series of tidbits on Permian Basin frac sand mine scene happenings. 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 »US Silica Customer: “Most West Texas Frac Sand Mine Sites Are Just A Wooden Shack At The End Of A Long Dirt Road”
US Silica reported better than expected 3Q17 and a very strong outlook for 2018 Monday evening. Tuesday morning on the conference call, we recorded market insights on SandBox, West Texas capacity, updates on US Silica’s Crane & Lamesa plants, 2018 overall demand, contracting activity, the outlook for Northern White, among …
Read More »Permian Frac Sand Scattershooting Part 1 – Minegate Price Clue, Coating Facility, Site Updates, Skeptical Operator, and more…
The following list is baker’s dozen of assorted datapoints and tidbits we’ve heard about the frac sand business over the past couple weeks. This piece addresses the goings-on in Permian frac sand. We’ll have another installment of frac sand scattershooting later this week to address trends in the broader market. …
Read More »A STACK / Delaware Leader Has Bought All Its 2018 Finer Mesh Sand From Southern Regional Mines
The unrivaled STACK E&P leader (and major Delaware player) said this Wednesday that they have contracted all of their 2018 frac sand requirements. This is newsworthy in and of itself, but more noteworthy is the geographical sourcing. We provide details and think through the market implications here. There’s a lot …
Read More »Cliff Notes From A Constructive Hi-Crush Conference Call
A very constructive conference call this morning went along way to offsetting the investor disappointment on volumes sold during 3Q that we noted yesterday in this update. The stock reversed its after-hours decline and is trading materially higher this morning. Here are the key points we jotted down from the …
Read More »Hi Crush Quick Take: Sales And Volume Charts, Kermit Update, Coarse Reclamation
Quick take after Hi-Crush released earnings this afternoon. 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 »A Landman Turned Sandman Is Opening Two In-Basin Haynesville Frac Sand Mines
We take you behind the scenes in another market beyond the Permian that may be fully supplied by in-basin frac sand by the end of next year. The story of these new Louisiana sand mines reminds us that there is plenty of potential for in-basin deposits beyond the dunes of …
Read More »Nice Timing On The 4th Well Advanced West Texas Sand Producer Joining The TCP
The heat on the lizard is rising so US Silica’s news of inclusion in the Texas Conservation Plan TCP is well timed. More thoughts on the news and who else is in… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and …
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