This chain of events may end quietly with little fanfare and that’d be great. But we’ll be keeping an eye out for additional filings here as it’s not every day we see this much action on the legal disclosure front… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see …
Read More »In Other News… The Sport Of Kings, Water Dollars, Sand Write-Off, & 9 More Datapoints That Matter…
Boiling down everything that’s crossed our desk this week to just the following 12 items of import wasn’t easy. After the typical summer lull in news flow, it feels like folks are getting back to work in the oilfield business. School is about to start, folks are returning from summer …
Read More »Keane & J – Deal Thoughts, Industry Implications, & Frac M&A Generally Speaking
As expected and rumored in the industry, frac fleet consolidation has just begun and is likely to continue. Or is it? We discuss the implications of the Keane / C&J merger of equals announced Monday here after predicting that consolidation was coming in an update posted over this past weekend. …
Read More »Cranking Up The Juice On The Electric Frac Replacement Narrative
In an after-hours newsletter one month ago, we warned Infill Thinking members that the buzz around electric frac fleets was poised to surge to new heights. That happened and then some! We take a look at the narrative that Wall Street has been pushing since the big dual e-fracing datapoints …
Read More »In Local West Texas News… This Permian Mini-Documentary Is Worth A Watch
We encountered a mini-doc on the Permian boom this week that is worth a watch if you haven’t seen it yet. Note the prayer before the left turn into 285 traffic at 5:30am… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update …
Read More »Live From New York… It’s A Notable Datapoint On South Texas Local Sand Adoption
We learned that an operator had some very nice things to say about local sand to their investors in New York on Tuesday morning… Check out why this is notable here. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive …
Read More »Keane Idles Three Spreads While Pushing A New “Whisper Fleet” For The DJ Basin [Live Blog…]
We live-blogged the most important comments with oilfield marketplace implications from the Keane conference call this 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 …
Read More »This Guarded 2019 Comment Carries More Weight Than The Confirmation Of Our 4Q18 Warning
When we attended the Petroleum Connection’s frac sand conference in San Antonio in late-October (the largest frac sand event in history by the way), one of our key takeaways from sideline conversations was… This prediction was confirmed this week, but more important than the confirmation was an indicator for 2019 …
Read More »ProPetro Talks Frac Efficiency, Contracting Strategy, And Newbuilds For Next Year [Live Blog Complete]
We are live-blogging the most important comments with oilfield marketplace implications from the ProPetro call this 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 …
Read More »If Not Rail, Then Barge. Unanticipated Logistics Havoc Is Plaguing 2018 Completions More Than Anticipated Trucking Issues
Everyone’s been focused on trucking in Texas. And trucking in Texas is tight. But it’s the devil you don’t know that’ll get you. And during the first half of 2018, unanticipated disruptions in transportation modes not involving wheels have wreaked much more havoc in the shale frac sand transportation network. …
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