Tag Archives: logistics

Infill Thinking insights were cited in an in-depth article published by Wisconsin State Journal writer Chris Hubbuch over the weekend. In part, Hubboch’s story discusses how recent changes in rail service options available to Northern White Sand producers are rippling through the logistics value chain, quoting Infill Thinking research. We first …

The past couple years of shockingly expedient frac sand disruption has taught us to expect the unexpected and never say never. Could a new concept proposed by an Infill Thinking reader be the next big game-changing step change in this unbelievably dynamic market niche? There’s a lot more to this …

We are previewing key themes for 2019 that will help shape and influence last mile logistics for completions across the Lower 48. In this piece, we address how frac crew efficiency gains impact logistics, the first US last mile solution to go overseas, software, the biggest pain of direct sourcing, …

It’s earnings season and if your office looks anything like ours, you’re probably up to your eyeballs in reading material. So we’ll cut to the chase 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 …

Last week’s frac sand conference in San Antonio, hosted by the Petroleum Connection, featured some of the most thoughtful logistics panels that we’ve seen at any oilfield industry event. With three panels on focused squarely on logistics, frac sand hauling and handling issues featured prominently into the discussion. The challenges …

By this time next year, you may be hearing a whole lot more about a new way to move local sand. In this Thinking Ahead update, we “do the numbers” on a cutting edge idea in sand logistics. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  …

Just when one thinks things cannot possibly get any more interesting in the frac sand supply transition story, things get more interesting. In this update, we think through what the big news from a critical logistics provider means. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full …

More notes from the road from the time our team invested researching the MidCon on location. 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, …

The good old midwestern drenching we got in Oklahoma this week did not deter our mission of gathering firsthand intelligence on the Lower 48’s second largest drilling and completions market. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our …

A couple weeks ago in Fort Worth, we noticed that a particular topic related to the logistics of Permian dune sand seemed to be coming up more frequently in the industry discourse. It’s an idea we’ve all heard talked about since the first local sand mine popped up in Kermit …