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Schlumberger went to town on a long-term risk in the Permian that we have been calling an existential threat for several quarters now. 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. …

Quick thoughts on the breaking news Tuesday afternoon that a leading E&P has taken a stake in an in-basin frac sand plant. 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 …

Infill Thinking members can log in to see another exclusive report. This time, we report on the newest Permian mine startup before the official announcement, which we expect to make headlines elsewhere later this week. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read …

A couple weeks ago in Fort Worth, we noticed that a particular topic related to the logistics of Permian dune sand seemed to be coming up more frequently in the industry discourse. It’s an idea we’ve all heard talked about since the first local sand mine popped up in Kermit …

Candid is probably the best word to describe Covia’s conference call yesterday. Management owned up to the oversupply in the frac sand market – a reckoning our reporting has foreshadowed for more than 12 months now. Here’s what you need to know from the call. There’s a lot more to …

Last week, the Texas Comptroller’s office submitted a new Dunes Sagebrush Lizard (DSL) conservation plan to US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). If approved, the new plan will replace the existing Texas Conservation Plan (TCP). Via open records request, we obtained copies of the new plan and supporting documentation. Although …

The US land contract drillers are currently unanimous Lower 48 rig count outlook… 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 …

Supermajor capital has washed ashore to hunt short cycle returns in the Lower 48, having abandoned longer-cycle deepwater and international in the era of austerity following the 2014 oil price crash. These large companies have historically been thought of as less nimble than their smaller peers – the Independents who …

This is a developing story we are monitoring this morning. Details will be added as available (for now details are limited, but here is what we’ve learned so far)… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research …

In our 2Q18 oilfield earnings season preview earlier this week, we wrote that Northern White Sand displacement anecdotes in the Permian Basin were likely to be heard on this upcoming round of conference calls (see point 6). It didn’t take long for this prediction to pan out… the first datapoint …