The great Permian E&P consolidation spree continues with another big deal before the New Year. Long rumored, Oxy finally announced the CrownQuest acquisition today. $12bn. Press release. Another Public gobbling up a Private, and this time one of the biggest privates in the Permian was the target. Here are some …
Read More »E&P Operators Dial In 2024 Service Cost Expectations
2024 is almost here and most E&Ps are expecting to do more with less thanks to lower pricing from their service providers. 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 …
Read More »Thinking About OFS Implications In Another E&P Mega Deal
Context on what the latest E&P megadeal could mean for OFS… 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, or your membership has expired, …
Read More »Earnings Season Preview: 5 Key OFS Themes To Watch As Reports Begin Tomorrow…
We think ahead about what we might hear with oilfield earnings reports and calls just around the corner… 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 …
Read More »Live From New York… It’s Shale Outlook Time!
With the rubber hitting the road on 2024 budget planning, OFS and E&P CEOs converged in New York this week for the annual Barclays energy investor conference. Here’s what stood out to us in publicly available transcripts emanating from the event… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …
Read More »2024 Public E&P Capex Points Slightly Lower Y/Y Per ‘Soft Guidance’ So Far
It’s still pretty early for Public E&Ps to give formal 2024 budgets, but over the past several weeks, we’ve gotten ‘soft guidance’ on about a dozen E&P earnings calls. As a key takeaway, 2024 capex is… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To …
Read More »E&P Talk About Service Cost Relief
We expected E&Ps would talk more specifically about service cost deflation expectations this quarter… here’s what we’ve heard so far. 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 »Earnings Season Preview: 7 Critical Themes To Watch In The Oilfield As Reports / Calls Begin This Week…
We think ahead about what we might hear with oilfield earnings reports and calls just around the corner… 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 …
Read More »Why Stop With Just One? Refracs Still A Marginal Trend But Are Commanding More Attention Especially In The Eagle Ford…
We’ve recently had a few inbound questions from Infill Thinking members about refracs. This is something that has always hung around in the background of the completions business – gets some buzz occasionally, but remains a relatively small (dare we say immaterial) part of the overall completions space. In this …
Read More »Speaking Of Conferences… See You Next Week Back In Ft Worth? [Market Intel Theme Preview]
After attending the big water conference in Cow Town this week (key themes recap), we are back in Ft Worth again next week for the “Super DUG” trade show. We look forward to seeing many of you there, and will have a recap of takeaways next week. Here are 10 …
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