Historically, the sand dune fields in Winkler County Texas have primarily been used for cattle ranching. In the span of 9 months, 14 massive sand mines have been permitted in these ranchers’ backyards. Winkler ranches don’t change hands often – most have been in the same families for generations. So …
Read More »A 2nd Permian Basin Sand Mine Flips On The Switch
In this update we share the latest on frac sand mine openings in the Permian including an exclusive look at the very latest at the 2nd site coming online. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research …
Read More »Hurricane Harvey’s Impact On Upstream Onshore Activity [New Discussion Topic]
Over in our Thinking Aloud Forum, there is a new discussion topic on Hurricane Harvey’s onshore upstream impact. Most of the attention in the wake of the storm will focus on downstream, commodity prices, and offshore impacts. In the thread we provide a list of useful references on these areas …
Read More »All Of Our Permian Field Trip Quick Hits Organized By Topic
Infill Thinking staff spent a full week in the Permian Basin in August 2017, touring facilities and visiting with contacts and management teams. We’ve collected 43 “quick hits” – crowd sourced datapoints and general market observations. Our time in the Permian was spent on the completions supply chain, particularly around …
Read More »8-Month New Supply Hiatus? Grade Mix, Damp Sand, Branding Bonanza, Sales Point, Excel File… [Permian Quick Hits 4]
This update is Infill Thinking’s fourth and final installment of crowd sourced datapoints and firsthand observations from our Permian visit last week. Most of our field trips in the Permian this time were focused on the new sand mining efforts around Kermit and logistics/storage from transload to wellsite. Subscribers have …
Read More »Sand Prices, Permian Locations, Volume, Customers, Water, & Lizard Talk [Permian Quick Hits Part 3]
In this update, more from our recent trip behind the scenes in the Permian Basin frac sand mining build-out including contract price datapoints, lizard talk, a mine location identified, and trucking observations and deductions. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this …
Read More »Utilization, Trucking, Storage, OSHA, Feasibility, Contracting [Permian Quick Hits Part 2]
Crowd sourced datapoints and firsthand observations from our Permian visit this week are being shared in a series of “quick hits.” These bullet point lists include field-level market intelligence on wellsite trends, the frac sand mining rush, and the Permian oilfield at large. There’s a lot more to this story… …
Read More »What Smart Sand Just Said About The Lizard Should Make Everyone Stop And Think…
We fully expected Smart Sand to announce their entrance into the Permian sand rush today. They did not because of the Dune Sagebrush Lizard. What they said and our thoughts on what this means for the in-basin sand story in this update. There’s a lot more to this story… Login …
Read More »Reader Response To The Latest Permian Mine News
We believe that our readers’ response to news can often be more compelling than the report itself, for our readership comprises some of the industry’s brightest minds, including folks who are working on (or buying from) similar initiatives in the field. See what your fellow Infill Thinkers are saying about …
Read More »BREAKING NEWS: Schlumberger Enters The West Texas Frac Sand Mine Race
This news elevates the West Texas frac sand mining rush into a whole new stratosphere. It just went from something frac sand specialists were very focused on to something everyone will be focused on. The little sand dune mining story just went mainstream folks. At Infill Thinking, we’ve been covering …
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