With damp sand usage increasing, a growing concern is rocks and debris getting in the product, finding their way into the blender, and then breaking or wearing out frac pumps. In this update, we follow up on a new system we profiled last year that is working to address this …
Read More »Getting The Rocks Out – New Damp Sand Equipment Aims To Puts Quality Control At The Blender
With damp sand usage increasing and operators exploring novel logistics / storage concepts (example), an emerging concern is rocks and debris getting in the product, finding their way into the blender, and then breaking or wearing out frac pumps. In this update, we sat down with a new team bringing …
Read More »More Horsepower – Watch Auction This Week For More Frac Fleet Expansion
Frac HHP continues to come into the market. Here’s what to watch this coming 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 …
Read More »Freeze Fall Out – A Quick Update On Sand Mine Recovery
Today we have prepared the following bullet point summary to update readers on the frac sand situation following last week’s winter weather event in the southwest… 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 …
Read More »TX & OK Frac Freeze – Weather Impact Anecdotes In Pumping, Sand & Water
The Permian frac sand market is very tight. How tight? Here’s a couple anecdotes we heard just this morning: 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 …
Read More »Sand Icicles & Frozen Hoses? The Super Tight Permian Sand Market Braces For Big Test This Week…
The Permian frac sand market is very tight. How tight? Here’s a couple anecdotes we heard just this morning: 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 …
Read More »ESG Arms Race Drives A Rapid Recapitalization Of The Pressure Pumping Fleet
Aside from the priceless activity recovery in pressure pumping this year, ESG fleet conversion is the sector’s biggest theme. The recap is happening extremely quickly. By year-end 2021, we estimate that nat-gas power capable units will comprise…. feature photo image is ProPetro’s new Tier IV Dynamic Gas Blend (DGB) pumps …
Read More »Sand Icicles & Frozen Hoses – Texas Frac Not Thawing Out Yet… [Photos From The Field]
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, and here are several that Infill Thinking members shared… 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 …
Read More »Next Gen Electrification Spills Over From Drilling Into Frac
We don’t often react to press releases here at Infill Thinking, but one out yesterday caught our attention and it is worth a few words here as we believe it has implications for the future of frac and pumping market share even if it is unlikely to become ubiquitous. There’s …
Read More »Bankruptcy In July Won’t Stop A Pumper From Rolling Out A New Frac Fleet By December…
Some things never change, and the persistent propensity to overbuild in the frac industry at large will outlive this Chapter 11 era. Twice 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 …
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