Predicting the rig count is hard to do… here’s a brief recap of some notable recent predictions and how they are evolving as the oilfield activity cycle enters a more stable phase. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and …
Read More »Uh Oh… U.S. Drilling Growth Has Ground To A Halt
An Infill Thinking prediction is coming true. 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 email us to …
Read More »Drilling Inefficiency Is Distorting Rig Count Impact On Frac Demand [Chart Of The Day]
If you are looking at the rig count going up every week and thinking that translates 1:1 to frac increases, think again… 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 …
Read More »Oxy’s D&C Trends In Focus [Operator Spotlight]
Each week through the end of this month, we are illuminating the activity trend patterns of one large operator in the Lower 48 with hard data from Lium Research. While readers that provide services to these big E&Ps (or pay attention to company disclosures) might know their current rig count …
Read More »Chevron’s D&C Trends In Focus [Operator Spotlight]
Each week through July, we’ll be illuminating the activity trend patterns of one large operator in the Lower 48 with hard data from Lium Research. While readers that provide services to these big E&Ps (or pay attention to company disclosures) might know their current rig count or fleet count, tracking …
Read More »A Study In Discipline [Operator Spotlight]
Each week through July, we’ll be illuminating the activity trend patterns of one large operator in the Lower 48 with hard data from Lium Research. While readers that provide services to these big E&Ps (or pay attention to company disclosures) might know their current rig count or fleet count, tracking …
Read More »Tracking The Most Active Shale Well Completer’s D&C Program [Operator Spotlight]
Each week through July, we’ll be illuminating the activity trend patterns of one large operator in the Lower 48 with hard data from Lium Research. While readers that provide services to these big E&Ps (or pay attention to company disclosures) might know their current rig count or fleet count, tracking …
Read More »Tracking Pioneer Natural Resources’ D&C Program In The Permian [Operator Spotlight]
Each week through July, we’ll be illuminating the activity trend patterns of one large operator in the Lower 48 with hard data from Lium Research. While readers that provide services to these big E&Ps (or pay attention to company disclosures) might know their current rig count or fleet count, tracking …
Read More »Tracking Exxon’s D&C Program In The Permian [Operator Spotlight]
We are kicking off a new weekly data series this week. Each week through July, we’ll be illuminating the activity trend patterns of one large operator in the Lower 48 with hard data. While readers that provide services to these big E&Ps (or pay attention to company disclosures) might know …
Read More »ESG Rigs – A Chat With The CEO Behind The World’s First Hybrid Rig
After writing about so called “ESG land drilling rigs” several times in recent rig count updates, we had a chance to catch up with a pioneer at the cutting edge of the ESG rig technological push this week. Here’s what we learned… There’s a lot more to this story… Login …
Read More »