We estimate the active frac fleet count across the two big Texas oil plays has fallen from up near X crews in 1Q20 down to only about X active fleets today. This is now old news, but it still takes our breath away to see that in print. Obviously, nobody’s …
Read More »Green Light On Bakken Local Sand Project
In a meeting on Wednesday morning, county officials approved the latest… 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, …
Read More »Greenfield News – More Bakken Local Sand Plans In The Works
A new entrant sand miner launched last last year is quickly advancing a brand new local frac sand mine project for the Bakken through the local permitting process in North Dakota. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive …
Read More »The Final Frontier In Frac Sand Logistics Optimization? [Out Think Special Report]
On New Year’s eve, we sent a newsletter. Despite the holiday, it was one of our most opened and shared newsletters of 2019. Why? It introduced a new idea with disruptive potential. Just when we all thought the frac sand was sufficiently disrupted by the advent and maturation of in-basin …
Read More »Black Mountain’s C-Suite Change Isn’t A Knee-Jerk Move Like The Rumor Mill Suggests
Draconian chatter has been circulating lately in frac sand’s inner circles about leadership changes at Black Mountain Sand recently. On good authority, we believe the rumored drama is overstated. After the company’s board meeting this Thursday, we… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… …
Read More »A First For The US Local Sand Workforce [Chart Of The Day]
For the first time since the disruptive local sand shift began back in 2017, the total workforce employed by the US local frac sand mining industry has… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you …
Read More »Extending The Trend In Rockies Local Sand
In a data-driven update earlier this week, we noted that local sand capacity growth has stalled most everywhere with a couple exceptions. And a couple days later, here we are adding another mine in one of those exception basins! There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the …
Read More »County Officials Vote Thursday On The Second Local Bakken Frac Sand Mine Site
Here’s what comes next for Asgard’s planned Mercer County frac sand production facility per various local officials… 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 »Revisiting Infill Thinking’s Original Bakken Local Sand Coverage As Mainstream Attention Now Grows…
This weekend, the Grand Forks Herald newspaper in North Dakota published a story titled: “Sand deposit could be ‘game-changer’ for ND oil industry.” Five weeks ago, Infill Thinking broke the news about a frac sand plant starting up in the Bakken. Here is a link to Infill Thinking’s original piece …
Read More »Paying A Visit To A Sand Team That Tends To Fly Under The Radar [Eagle Ford Stops Along The Road]
During our recent field trip to the Eagle Ford, we met with the seasoned management team of a sand company that tends to fly a bit under the radar. Here is what we learned and saw… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To …
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