Happy Memorial Day Weekend! We wanted to flag a few of our more in-depth pieces published recently in case you missed them and have some downtime to catch up on reading during the long weekend. Here are five relevant reference pieces on the downturn from our research flow over the …
Read More »Here’s What The Boots On The Ground Say About Active Frac Crews, Basin-By-Basin [Data Table]
We have arrived at the following ranges for active frac crew counts by basin based on information received from multiple plugged-in contacts we trust. This isn’t necessarily “Gospel,” and you may have hard data you are relying on that falls outside these ranges. But there is value in knowing where …
Read More »Here Are The Latest Minimum Crew Counts By Company As We Follow The Frac Fleet To The Bottom
It seems like everyone from Midland to New York that cares about the oilfield market is running their own frac spread count tracker out of their quarantine quarters these days! So how about some factual inputs and validation for your own version of the latest frac action (or lack thereof)? …
Read More »Sometimes A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words… Or A Million Horsepower
The picture you’ll find in this update might just become the iconic shot that defines this downturn – similar to those stacked rigs in that H&P yard off Business 20 in North Odessa in the last downturn… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… …
Read More »Seems Impossible, But Things Got Worse Between Black Monday & Friday The Thirteenth [Notes From The Field]
As last week wore on, we had hoped it would get better. It did not. We had also hoped that our initial concern expressed on Tuesday was overstated when we wrote then that the swiftest shale pullback in history could be imminent. It was not. As the week wore on, …
Read More »Factoring 2020 DOT Drug & Alcohol Reg Changes Into Frac’s Last Mile [Friday Guest Post]
When Phil Baxter recently asked me if I had looked into the big changes that were made in January to the FMSCA’s drug and alcohol policies (and the impact they could have on hauling capacity in the frac supply chain), I perked up and asked if he’d chime in on …
Read More »Don’t Conflate Exxon’s Big Permian Rig Count Chop With Completions [Analyst Day Takeaways]
Within minutes of the transcript of the Exxon analyst day being released, we shared this summary of what’s new in the company’s Permian Basin Drilling & Completion outlook…. 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 »8 Things FTSI Said This Week That Advance The 2020 Frac Market Narrative
Listening to the FTSI call this week, here’s what stood out to us as far as market intel takeaways for the Lower 48 pressure pumping market… 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 …
Read More »“ESG Fleets,” Attrition Ends? A Major Stops Fracing, & A Newbuild Order… It’s Been An Exciting Week In The Pressure Pumping Market
This week, two large pressure pumpers hosted 4Q19 earnings calls. Here are our takeaways from their remarks as it pertains to the 2020 pressure pumping market… 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 Pricing Sentiment Has Hit Rock Bottom [Chart Of The Day]
We had a conversation with a frac sand supplier this morning that went alot like many others we’ve had with contacts in the supply base recently… 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 …
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