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 »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 »5 Highlights From US Silica’s Strong 2Q19 Earnings With Oilfield Market Implications… [Pre-Call Note]
US Silica press released strong 2Q19 results this morning. We highlight 5 items from the press release that caught our attention. We also share what we’ll be listening for on this morning’s call and will add conference call analysis to this update later today… There’s a lot more to this …
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 »A Thematic Recap Of Infill Thinking’s 2Q19 Oilfield Market Research
Here with the third quarter of 2019 only about a week old, we are pausing to take a look back at 10 key themes that threaded through our research over the past 3 months. 1. Infill Thinking’s Oilfield Water Coverage Reached Critical Mass. While continuing to devote plenty of research …
Read More »The Top Ten Infill Thinking Updates Of 2Q19 In Sand & Water
During 2Q19, the Infill Thinking research team: published 106 written research updates emailed 24 Infill Thoughts newsletters to active members issued 15 data releases to Think Sheets® members co-hosted the industry’s first Oilfield Water Finance conference and spoke at the SPE Permian Symposium, both in Houston conducted site visits and …
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 …
Read More »The Last Mile Solution Situation A Half Year Into Oversupply [Chart Of The Day]
We believe that new gen supply of wellsite frac sand storage systems climbed above demand for the first time in late-4Q18. Long time readers may recall this deep dive analysis from September 2018 outlining the new gen growth trajectory and coming inflection. Here’s what’s new since then… There’s a lot …
Read More »Haynesville Sand Market Update As Jerry Jones Ups His Stake To Over A Billion In The Play
During our recent field trip through the basin and many conversations with a variety of local market participants, we’ve managed to piece together some general market intel on the proppant market and supply chain conditions in this basin. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full …
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