What’s the latest on that new local sand mine up in the Marcellus/Utica that opened in late-2021? In this update, we provide all the latest datapoints we can get our hands on in the public record about this facility. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the …
Read More »Frac Sand Mine Orderbook Chatter Gets Louder
With the list of both confirmed and rumored new greenfield frac sand projects in 2022 growing, we built this new database for Lium Data clients with all the new plants we are monitoring. In this update, we share observations about the new capacity we are tracking… There’s a lot more …
Read More »Eagle Ford Sand Buyer Pain Returns After A Breather In 2Q…
The Eagle Ford this year has been hot and cold at various points in time. Currently, it’s hot… here’s what we are hearing! 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 »Macro Meltdown, But OFS May Be Best House In Bad Neighborhood! [Charts Of The Day]
Capital allocators have a tough job right now as the market focuses intently on discounting bigger risks into assets: inflation is terrible, more Fed rate hikes are coming, and recession fears loom large. Here are some reasons why we are still optimistic about oilfield investments. There’s a lot more to …
Read More »All Those “Other” Oilfield Materials… Shale’s Industrial Mineral Supply Chain Takeaways From Houston
Today we are in Houston meeting with oilfield market participants engaged in the industrial minerals supply chain for drilling and completions at the IMFORMED conference. Here is some of what we have learned at the event so far… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full …
Read More »New Revelations About EOG’s Sand & Water Supplies In Texas
In this update we put two and two together to illuminate EOG’s new Permian sand procurement strategy to get sand closer to the wellhead. 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 …
Read More »New Evidence Of Rail Constraints for NWS & A Silica Dust Rule PSA
Thesis tracking on recent prediction about more NWS by rail challenges shows evidence piling up. Plus, are the silica dust rules for mines about to change? 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 »Is NWS Growth Landlocked? Rail CEOs Are Getting Grilled Today Amid Lurid Complaints Of Unreliable Service
NWS is more expensive, but it’s more reliable and if you pay for it it will definitely be there on time. Right? Right guys? Hmm… 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 …
Read More »In Other News… The Calm B4 Another Sand Storm? Hedges Hurt, Revolvers Help, $3bn? More HHP, People On The Move & more…
A variety of datapoints crossed our desk and surfaced in client meetings this week that didn’t warrant a full update but are certainly worth a mention and impact the frac supply chain. Here are the nuggets that stood out to us…. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …
Read More »Eagle Ford Sand Buyers Face More “Pain At The Gate”
Today we follow up on a series of recent reports on Eagle Ford sand market chaos (including this one from mid-March and this one from early-April) with the latest crazy datapoints… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive …
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