We are tracking 10 new Permian local sand mines this year, which got us thinking about the vintage distribution of in-basin nameplate capacity. 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. …
Read More »Frac Inflation – One Big Driver Quantified [Chart Of The Day]
Inflation has been one of the hottest topics in shale lately, so here we take a look at one of the key drivers of completions cost escalation with hard data. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our …
Read More »Frac Sand Mine Activity Reaches New Post-Covid Highs [Chart Of The Day]
Here is a look at how proppant supply base is operating plus thoughts on demand growth vs. supply base activity! 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 »New Permian In-field Frac Sand Mining Capacity On The Way & Will Be Easily Absorbed
Today we have updated our Permian sand plant database for several new in-field facilities. Here are key takeaways… 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 »Screening Earnings For Frac Sand Market Intel
This earnings season, sand talking points were fairly muted as supply chain comments were more focused on big picture inflationary trends and constraints (there are more urgent items for procurement teams than sand lately). That said, among our contacts “offline” the discussion around sand is… There’s a lot more to …
Read More »Limiting Factors For “In-Field” Mines – The Needful Boxes Aren’t Always Easy (Or Possible) To Check [Site Visit Addendum]
As an addendum to this week’s deep dive mobile-mini report from our site visit to see several in-field frac sand plants in person last week, we wanted to break out and highlight the limiting factors we see to this sand mining approach. There are some big insurmountable ones in our …
Read More »Things We Heard From Friends In The Sand Patch This Week
This week we worked the phones and caught up with quite a few contacts in frac supply chain to chat business trends, hear the voice of the industry, and take the pulse of the sand mining community. In this update we get in the weeds to give you insight on …
Read More »Frac Sand Is Busy And Boring Right Now
This week we worked the phones and caught up with quite a few contacts in frac supply chain to chat business trends, hear the voice of the industry, and take the pulse of the sand mining community. The bottom line is… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …
Read More »The Big Reveal On The 2nd Mobile-Mini Deployment In The Permian Basin…
Three weeks ago, we wrote about a new Permian sand mine opening. Now we know the rest of the story…. 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 »New App-Based Sand Hauler To Watch… Plus 6 Other Notable “Research Quick Hits” In The Frac Supply Chain…
We hear lots of things. Some of them bear repeating… 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 expired, please …
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