Earlier this year, Infill Thinking predicted that the Permian frac sand workforce would peak during 2Q19. Analysis of 2Q19 actual workforce trends confirms the prediction has panned out. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, …
Read More »What Do Big Spring And Riyadh Share In Common Besides Lots Of Rigs?
Answer: HABOOB! And there was a huge one in the Midland Basin this week. Here’s around up of some of the best pictures posted by oilfield guys on social media this week… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and …
Read More »Frac Sand Scattershooting [A Dozen Misc. Proppant & Last Mile Datapoints]
In addition to the in-depth updates Infill Thinking published this week, we hunted down a variety of miscellaneous datapoints from around the sandpatch in our research process this week that are deserving of a quick mention. Let’s jump right in, shall we? Oh and it’s total coincidence that the titles …
Read More »What Oxy’s Competing Bid Means For The Tight Oil M&A Landscape
When Chevron bid for Anadarko two weeks ago, the first line of Infill Thinking’s newsletter that day underscored the importance of Oxy’s failed bid. “The most interesting headline coming out of today’s Mega-Scale M&A news might actually be Oxy’s failed bid for Anadarko.” – Infill Thinking Headline From 4/12/19 Come …
Read More »Permian Sandpatch Scattershooting: 5 Market Datapoints That Matter
After a relatively quiet couple of weeks in the frac sand marketplace, chatter in the channels we check has picked back up a bit. Here are five things that matter that we’ve heard this week… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read …
Read More »13 Interesting Things We Read Last Week That Are Relevant To Frac Sand
We’ve been reading alot this week. We’ve also been curating a recap of items we read with the highest impact value for the frac sand supply chain. Enjoy… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, …
Read More »A Potential Clue About SandBox’s Next Move. And If This Is Their Next Vertical… It’s A Hot One
We found a hint about what SandBox might be up to next – recall that the company alluded to entering other verticals this year during their recent earnings conference call, which we live-blogged here. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this …
Read More »Permian Perspective Part One: Where We’ve Been, Thank Yous, & Full Throttle Local Sand Consumption
Our team’s week in the Permian Basin is flying by, and our notepad is filling up with boots-on-the-ground research takeaways. Here is our first round of observations from the world’s busiest oilfield… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and …
Read More »One Last DSL Headline Before The Year Is Out: CBD Attacks TCP Lapse
Environmental protection groups are seizing upon a lapse in a legal compromise (a lapse that Infill Thinking broke the news about five weeks ago) in their latest effort to apply pressure to the Feds to list the lizard as an endangered species. Punching above its weight, the little dunes sagebrush …
Read More »Atlas Sand Has Shipped First Tons From Kermit Plant
First tons and an on-time startup for Atlas mark this new entrant’s official arrival. We have analysis of the startup that goes beyond the press release 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 …
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