Tag Archives: logistics

We found a hint about what SandBox might be up to next – recall that the company alluded to entering other verticals this year during their recent earnings conference call, which we live-blogged here. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this …

Our team’s week in the Permian Basin is flying by, and our notepad is filling up with boots-on-the-ground research takeaways. Here is our first round of observations from the world’s busiest oilfield… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and …

Last week at the frac sand conference hosted by Petroleum Connection in Houston, we moderated a discussion among four last mile logistics experts. Together, the firms represented on stage touch more than 20 million tons of frac sand per year in various capacities. This panel was a rare chance to …

A couple weeks ago, we broke in with exclusive details on the first ever intra-basin rail movements of locally-mined Permian frac sand. In this post we take the analysis a step further as our prior reporting has triggered exploratory interest from many of our readers. There’s a lot more to …

Infill Thinking will participate in the Petroleum Connection’s sold-out Frac Sand Industry Update conference in Houston on February 6. Our founder, Joseph Triepke, will moderate the last mile & logistics panel at the event. Here is a preview of what’s on our mind headed into this discussion… There’s a lot more …

In addition to the in-depth Infill Thinking research updates published this week, 7 quick hits crossed our desk that we believe are worth a mention. So here are some digestible nuggets of market intel. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this …

We break down the latest renegotiation in the frac sand industry, one of many we believe are either culminating or ongoing as a volatile year winds down. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you …

While there has been quite a bit of speculation over the buyer since we first reported the divestiture back in early-November, this is the first official confirmation. After making an important boots-on-the-ground observation over the weekend, we contacted a company spokesman and confirmed our firsthand observation. There’s a lot more …

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 …