A powerful narrative shift is underway with big implications for U.S. oil and gas production, producers, and enablers… 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 »As WTI Trades Above $110/BBL (14-Year High!), A Salute To Shale & What Our Readers Do To Further Its Noble Cause…
The world is a mess. The tyranny of an evil man is on full display, disrupting world order, and it won’t be soon forgotten as an uncertain globe witnesses unprovoked civilian devastation from the biggest military action in Europe since WWII. The ripple effects could obviously be profound. As a …
Read More »1st Look At $70/BBL In The Permian… Spoiler Alert-New Record High Frac Sand Demand! [Chart Of The Day]
Oil price momentum continues. Good news from OPEC yesterday buoyed WTI above $65. What might $70 oil bring for Permian oilfield activity? The data scientists at Lium Research, our affiliate, had actually run the numbers on that very question a week before this latest oil price spike for data clients …
Read More »What Would Texas Oil Proration Look Like? A $1,000 Fine Per Barrel For Non-Compliance Is Part Of It…
We have reviewed a draft of the proration order and share it and something that jumps out at us here… 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 »As Bad As Paper Oil Prices Got On Monday, The Real Spot Bid Got Worse [Chart Of The Day]
You’ve gotta see this chart to believe it. Consider our minds blown. 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 …
Read More »On The Oilfield’s Second Black Monday This Spring… One Word Comes To Mind: TEMPORARY
We know you know the logic, but on days like today, it’s good to read and re-read the crude oil cyclical rationale in it’s simplest form, which is as follows: There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our …
Read More »Paper Trades Make Oil Prices Look Better Than They Are In The Physical Market… [Chart Of The Day]
Torn by two extreme market forces (oil demand destruction from the lockdown and geopolitical supplier actions), US oil prices are being distorted and dislocated beyond recognition. Here’s how the actual spot bids in the field are trending across various grades and basins (spoiler alert, it isn’t pretty and the lowest …
Read More »Unintended Consequences – The Crude Price Risk Factor No One Is Talking About… Yet
Here at Infill Thinking, we don’t forecast the price of oil – we focus on oilfield activity, markets, and companies. But we do regularly talk to some of the best crude oil minds in the business. When they share noteworthy observations, we pass them along. So when one of these …
Read More »This OPEC “Production Cut” Is Really Just More Of The Same
OPEC’s announcement in Algeria of an agreement to curb production has the press excited about the “the first OPEC production cut in 8 years.” But we’d argue this is just more of the same as no member quotas have been set yet. We explore the details, nuances and implications here. …
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