An update earlier this week summarized some key quotes from the panels on in-basin and northern white sand at the largest completions supply chain event of the year. In this update are similar recaps of some of the more poignant statements from two other panels at the event… There’s a …
Read More »Read The Letter A Big Sand Hauler Sent To Permian Customers Drawing A Line In The Sand This Week [Exclusive]
This week, a very large carrier that hauls frac sand sent an important letter to customers. This has big market implications for the frac supply chain. In the letter, the company’s president…. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and …
Read More »Frac Supply Chain Takeaways From Meetings In Fort Worth
We welcomed about 40 Infill Thinking subscribers for coffee, knowledge sharing, and networking on Wednesday in Fort Worth. This was the 16th reader appreciation event we’ve hosted in the past 2.5 years. Thanks to our highly engaged members, these events keep getting bigger and better. We also met with various …
Read More »A New Last Mile System Is About To Make Its Permian Debut [EXCLUSIVE]
As we write, a brand new wellsite storage system is on the road making its journey towards a West Texas where it will attract quite a few spectators over the next few weeks. It’s arrival in the Basin tomorrow will mark the first time this system has entered the Texas …
Read More »Differentiated Logistics Play First Fiddle At Hi-Crush
17 photographs of physical operations appear in the new Hi-Crush slide deck released alongside their earnings report on Tuesday evening. 10 of these images depict… 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 …
Read More »+48% In 48 Hours. Takeaways From US Silica’s Conference Call
At this publication, we tend to steer clear of “stock talk.” As regular readers know, our focus instead is getting deep into the weeds on corporate strategy, industry trends and the people that drive this industry forward. Furthermore, our staff does not personally invest in or trade individual stocks in …
Read More »A Fleet Of ~60 Late Model Pneumatic Sand Trailers Hits The Auction Block In Texas
Boxes vs. pneumatics? It’s a long standing argument. Even without that competitive dynamic, it’s been tough in the sand hauling business with rates under pressure for the past 12-24 months. Here’s the latest datapoint we’ve picked up with implications for the frac sand hauling market… There’s a lot more to …
Read More »Starting To Sound Like A Broken Record… But There’s ANOTHER Bankruptcy In Frac Sand
The “Summer Of Restructuring” continues in frac sand. This week, we identified a third Chapter 11 filing in the space… 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 »12 Questions For The Software Guru Behind CIG’s Proplogistics Platform [Silica Valley + Guest Post]
We take you deep inside the 1s and 0s of another frac sand last mile software platform as our Silica Valley series rolls on. 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 »Lower 48 Sighting: A Brand New Wellsite Storage Solution Is Being Deployed [Exclusive]
After learning about a new system’s arrival in the US from industry sources, we caught up with the management team behind the deployment. We have learned the following information about this new Lower 48 deployment: There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read …
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