When (not if) will the leading land drilling contractors make a hard push to be paid under a different model than the entrenched dayrate pricing framework? It’s a question we’ve wondered about for years now as we’ve watched land drilling rigs drill more and more wells per month, benefiting their …
Read More »Three Rig Contractors Drill More Than Half The Laterals You Frac [Charts]
In this week’s rig count update we take a look at who is drilling wells in the US with a market share pie chart and the trend over time. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research …
Read More »Differentials Be Darned. Permian Permits Pick-Up Anyway
Each week we cover a topical US weekly drilling trend, and provide in-depth analysis of the rig count and frac spread count. Here is this week’s installment… 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 »New Addition To Our Weekly NAM Rig Count Update: The US Frac Spread Count
Infill Thinking readers rely on our weekly rig count update for a series of unique land rig drilling charts and analysis. Going forward, we are adding a new weekly chart to document completions activity trends. Our friends at Primary Vision have agreed to make their weekly US frac spread count …
Read More »Land Rig Pricing Power Returns In 2018 – H&P Is Raising Dayrates [Chart]
The US onshore value chain is firing on all cylinders in 2018. Not to be left out of the double digit inflation completions suppliers expect to enjoy this year, land drilling contractors with super spec rigs are pushing through their own pricing increases. Check out our estimates for H&P’s high spec …
Read More »We Fished These 25 Key Points From The Earnings Ocean
During earnings season, an ocean of content comes at you fast. 7,000 words are spoken on the average earnings conference call. There were 27 oilfield earnings conference calls this week. We did the math. That’s the word count equivalent of 200 Infill Thinking posts. How much of this info overload …
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