Last Wednesday, Hayden Gillespie (Chief Commercial Officer of Black Mountain Sand) and Bud Brigham (Chairman of Atlas Sand) testified in front of the Texas House Of Representatives Energy Committee. If you missed their testimony, no worries took it in and recapped the highlights here. Some interesting market intel and perspective on …
Read More »During A Short Ride With Atlas Sand, We Saw Firm Commitment To The Long Haul
Atlas Sand was one of six in-basin sand plants (various stages of development) that we visited in the Permian Basin in early-February. Like with our five other in-basin frac sand stops, our purpose here was simply to learn more about the company’s in-basin initiatives and document our observations. In this …
Read More »It Took Just Over 400 Frac Sand Trucks To Break A STACK Record [Follow The Leaders]
We did some math on the record breaking well announced by the STACK leader 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 a member. If you are new to Infill Thinking, …
Read More »This Large Permian Operator Will Cautiously Start Replacing Northern White Sand With Local Next Quarter
We’ve heard from a lot of sand producers lately on the prospects of and plans for in-basin sand. More important of course is the commentary from E&P companies. We’ll be hearing a lot more from them as 3Q17 reporting season rolls around here in about three weeks. Here’s what one …
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 »US Silica Hosted An Action-Packed Call Tuesday Morning: Permian Mines, Popup Transloads, & Sand Intensity Among The Highlights
US Silica’s 2Q17 conference call ushered in earnings season for Big Sand Tuesday morning, and the call certainly brought the fireworks. Here are the key points US Silica made Tuesday that we found most interesting, accompanied by our take: There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the …
Read More »Fairmount Santrol Announces New Texas Sand Plant, Confirming Previous Infill Thinking Reports
An infill Thinking prediction was confirmed this morning as the Permian Basin sand rush continues to heat up… 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 …
Read More »Biggest Losers From Eagle Ford Sand Mining According To Emerge & Other Key Takeaways From Their Analyst Day
Emerge Energy Services has been in the news quite a bit recently after hosting their earnings call earlier this month and making an Eagle Ford mine acquisition a few weeks before that. After all their recent disclosures, there wasn’t a whole lot of “new news” made at their analyst day last …
Read More »Here’s What US Silica Has To Say About All The Permian Local Sand “Hoopla”
US Silica hosted a positive call to kick off 1Q17 earnings season for the frac sand industry this morning. The outlook provided was bullish for both demand and pricing. The company’s commentary on the emerging Permian local sands market both validated our own thesis and introduced cautionary notes into the …
Read More »Yeah Science! Core Lab Talks Micro Proppant, Says Three Of The Four Trends Shaping Tomorrow’s Oilfield Involve Frac Sand
If you ever want to nerd-out, visit Core Lab’s Houston facility. After a tour, you’ll understand why “lab” is part of their name. This is the highest-IQ company in oilfield service. They are also closer to operators’ rock than any other service firm. Core Lab is not a pressure pumping …
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