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 »10 Frac Supply Chain Predictions For 1H2022
Happy New Year! Oil prices firmed up over the holiday break, putting the 4Q21 flash crash scare firmly in the rearview mirror. Here’s some thoughts on what’s coming next in the oilfield market place… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this …
Read More »“Yeah But…” Industry Feedback On Our Thesis Of Frac Sand Consolidators Emerging
Following the logic on M&A possibly returning in frac sand… 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 …
Read More »BRUTAL Business… A Second Sand Hauler Exits In As Many Days
Over the weekend we shared bad news about a large carrier closing shop. They weren’t the only sand hauler to call it quits 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 …
Read More »Three Thought Provoking Things Pressure Pumpers Said About Sand Recently…
Catching up on frac sand mentions in pressure pumper market commentary over the past couple months, these three things stood out as some of the more interesting things pumpers said about their biggest consumable: 1.. 2.. 3… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… …
Read More »EOG Expects To Drive Sand Cost Down Further Through 2022. But How At Today’s Rock Bottom Prices?
Why It Matters: EOG’s outlook is closely watched as they are the shale bellwether – so here we summarize what matters for the D&C market from their call, starting with an interesting comment on sand… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read …
Read More »Photos From The Road – Permian Field Trip
It was great to be back out in the Permian Basin to meet with folks and visit various job sites this month. We posted 13 key observations in this recent post. Today, we wanted to share more boots on the ground insights from our trip and what better way than …
Read More »Limiting Factors For “In-Field” Mines – The Needful Boxes Aren’t Always Easy (Or Possible) To Check [Site Visit Addendum]
As an addendum to this week’s deep dive mobile-mini report from our site visit to see several in-field frac sand plants in person last week, we wanted to break out and highlight the limiting factors we see to this sand mining approach. There are some big insurmountable ones in our …
Read More »Notes From The Road – 13 Permian Field Trip Datapoints + A Fridge Status Update!
It felt great to be back in the Permian Basin this week. Special thanks to all of you who took some time to meet with us, take us out in the field to show us your operations, and attend our Member Meetup. We are humbled by just how incredibly smart …
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