Some savvy Infill Thinking members requested that we provide our Summer Survey results limited to only include E&P operator responses. It’s a good idea, and one that triggered our own intellectual curiosity. So we crunched the numbers and in the charts below, you will see……. There’s a lot more to …
Read More »Survey Results Are In! Here’s What Members Had To Say…
We recently surveyed the Infill Thinking membership on the outlook for 2H19 and 2020. Our 20 survey questions addressed big picture upstream themes, frac sand, and completions trends. We’d like to extend a big thank you to the many participants who weighed in from across the upstream value chain – …
Read More »3 Interesting Wrinkles In Halliburton’s US Onshore Outlook
3 wrinkles in Halliburton’s earnings call commentary yesterday went underappreciated in the myriad of conference call coverage available elsewhere… Here’s three notable nuances that caught our attention. 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 »Schlumberger’s New CEO Talks Frac Iron Technology Step Change And The US Onshore Outlook
What matters most to Infill Thinking readers is what Schlumberger is doing in the US onshore market and what their view of Lower 48 OFS market conditions is at this juncture. So that’s the focus of the following five points, which we believe are the most important things Schlumberger said …
Read More »Last Call For Summer Survey…Polls Close This Evening
At Infill Thinking, we are very aware of what our greatest asset is. Without a doubt it is our membership roster. We are honored to have on this list some of the most accomplished executives in the US onshore business. We are also very aware of what the key debates …
Read More »The First 2020 E&P Spending Signal Is A Bummer For The Oilfield Service Sector
An important E&P capex update this week reads negative for anyone hoping for an oilfield spending increase in 2020. Here’s the relevant excerpt followed by our analysis: 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 »US Silica Says It Feels A Little Like The Good Old Days For Northern White
In the pithy bullet points below, here’s what all frac supply chain folks should know from US Silica’s remarks on their earnings call this week. 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 …
Read More »Keane Idles Three Spreads While Pushing A New “Whisper Fleet” For The DJ Basin [Live Blog…]
We live-blogged the most important comments with oilfield marketplace implications from the Keane conference call this morning. 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 …
Read More »It’s Official: Known 2019 US E&P Spending Programs Enter Contraction Territory
2019 E&P capex budget expectations have devolved fairly rapidly, worn down by macro erosion and crude oil price volatility. Over the past several months, multiple Infill Thinking updates have warned that 2019 E&P budgets (which initially pointed to spending increases) were at risk of contracting into negative territory in the …
Read More »In Other News…. People On The Move, Belt Tightening, Pumping Outlook, Litigation, & Earnings Takeaways
While we were traveling gathering market intelligence and meeting with clients this week, some new developments crossed our desk that are worthy of comment. So here are five short stories… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our …
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