Tracking USL48 frac fleet capacity has traditionally meant watching newbuilds, retirements, reactivations and technology upgrades. Increasingly, however, another variable may matter: equipment physically leaving the U.S. fleet pool for international markets… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive …
Read More »NexTier Adds More High-Density 100% Nat-Gas Frac Pumps… And These Pack A Punch [Demo Notes]
We had an opportunity to see some new equipment coming into the frac market in person recently during a frac pump roadshow that made a stop close to Infill Thinking HQ… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive …
Read More »Frac Service Providers Warn Of Gas Basin Pullback As The Oil Basin Frac Outlook Flattens Out
The pumpers had some interesting things to say this week… we break it down 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 must be a member. If you are new to Infill Thinking, or …
Read More »Even Blenders Are Working Remotely These Days… [This Week’s OFS Conference Call Takeaways]
Following the Halliburton call on Monday, we’ve heard from three more management teams this week that have no visibility on the oilfield service market outlook in 2020. That said, two of these three did say some pretty interesting things about the current market climate in the Lower 48 oilpatch. Here …
Read More »“ESG Fleets,” Attrition Ends? A Major Stops Fracing, & A Newbuild Order… It’s Been An Exciting Week In The Pressure Pumping Market
This week, two large pressure pumpers hosted 4Q19 earnings calls. Here are our takeaways from their remarks as it pertains to the 2020 pressure pumping market… 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 »Land Driller CEOs Concede The Staying Power Of The Unyielding Rig Count Slide
In our regular weekly rig count update, we highlight some recent commentary from two leading land drillers on market trends in the Lower 48 rig market. This commentary confirms two recent Infill Thinking exclusive reports… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read …
Read More »Is This The Beginning Of The End For Land Drilling Rig Dayrates?
When (not if) will the leading land drilling contractors make a hard push to be paid under a different model than the entrenched dayrate pricing framework? It’s a question we’ve wondered about for years now as we’ve watched land drilling rigs drill more and more wells per month, benefiting their …
Read More »A Fracing Game Of Chicken Is Afoot As Market Visibility Fades [Chart Of The Day]
The frac market is in flux. Who’s still planning to grow? Who’s not? Will plans be realized? We quantify and discuss… 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 »Three Rig Contractors Drill More Than Half The Laterals You Frac [Charts]
In this week’s rig count update we take a look at who is drilling wells in the US with a market share pie chart and the trend over time. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research …
Read More »Universal Starts Pumping In-Basin Sand; Sees E&Ps Testing And Adopting It, Not Rejecting It…
Check out what Patterson-UTI management said about local sand usage last 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, or your membership has …
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