Each week we break down the rig count. Everyone can get their hands on the standard Baker Hughes rig count, but no one processes it week in and week out like the team here at Infill Thinking. And since we are spending a full week reporting from the road in …
Read More »US Onshore Drilling Outlook Remains “Fluid” Six Weeks Into 2019
Summarizing a leading land contract drillers’ rig count outlook, here are the most salient points from last week’s discussion…. 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 »Improving Oil Price May Slow The Pace Of Drilling Rig Releases In 1Q19
In our weekly rig count update this week, we digest a 2019 outlook from a leading land drilling contractor. 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 »US Rig Count Is See Sawing – Down But Not Out So Far In 2019 With No Clear Trend Yet…
The early-2019 rig count continues to see saw. Are we at inflection or are we not? We discuss… 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 »Boom Goes The Dynamite: This Was The Worst Week For US Onshore Drilling In Nearly Three Years
In our Friday morning newsletter and a post on Thursday, we previewed this Friday and next Friday’s rig count releases as two of the most important to monitor all year. We noted that the rig count surprisingly hadn’t fallen in reaction to crude prices and pointed out that if it …
Read More »How Long Can Lower 48 Derricks Defy Gravity?
The US onshore rig count per Baker Hughes GE was up 2 rigs last week to 1,052 active. What gives? 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 »Budget Exhaustion Gave Fracing The Flu, But Drilling Didn’t Even Catch A Cold [Chart Of The Day]
After much hand wringing over the budget exhaustion trend, onshore drilling escaped relatively unscathed into the new year. We discuss that and what’s next… 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 …
Read More »DUCs Have Doubled Since The EIA Began Tracking Them
In this week’s weekly rig count update, we take a look at trends in DUC inventory. 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 »Did 2018 Set The New Cyclical Ceiling For US Onshore Drilling?
The US onshore rig count has been basically flat since June of this year and is likely biased lower over the next several weeks as seasonality catches up with rig count. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive …
Read More »Is This The Beginning Of The End For Land Drilling Rig Dayrates?
When (not if) will the leading land drilling contractors make a hard push to be paid under a different model than the entrenched dayrate pricing framework? It’s a question we’ve wondered about for years now as we’ve watched land drilling rigs drill more and more wells per month, benefiting their …
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