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By putting our heads together as a group, Infill Thinking members will establish an important baseline this summer for understanding the “what now” and “what next” in the new paradigm emerging for the oilfield marketplace after the worst crisis in shale’s history. Login to see the full update… To read …

We know you know the logic, but on days like today, it’s good to read and re-read the crude oil cyclical rationale in it’s simplest form, which is as follows: Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. …

EOG said recently that better pairing of origin and destination vs. 2019 will help them achieve targeted well cost savings. We wonder if this is simply better availability of local sand near their wells or possibly mobile mini plant adoption? Here is the key quote as well as other interesting …

Looking at today’s depressed stock prices for tight oil operators and declining E&P activity trends, you’d never guess that this is actually a relatively wonderful time to be an E&P operator actively developing US tight oil resources. Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our …

In addition to the in-depth updates published over the past week, these 11 “quick hit” datapoints also crossed our desk and are worthy of a mention… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If your free trial …

For years – even before capital discipline started trending in 2017 – Wall Street research analysts have constructed models to benchmark the effectiveness of E&P capital deployment. But what if we turn the logic around a bit and look for layoff risk indicators in the size of… Login to see …

At Infill Thinking, we are very aware of what our greatest asset is. Without a doubt it is our membership roster. We are honored to have on this list some of the most accomplished executives in the US onshore business. We are also very aware of what the key debates …

This is the fifth installment in our Silica Valley Series which shines the spotlight on an increasingly critical part of the frac value chain: new software solutions in the last mile. A crop of new entrants are improving the frac sand industry’s “mind-muscle connection” on the highways from origin to …

In a three-part series starting with this update today, we preview cutting edge completions logistics themes to watch in 2019. In this part one, we discuss how industry perception of last mile logistics risk has changed (and why) along with a warning against complacency. We also discuss the cornucopia of …

About this time last year, Infill Thinking member Paul Sparks penned a guest post this website titled Independent E&P Consolidation Is The Future, Is 2018 The Year? His case for consolidation turned out to be prophetic. We discuss the implications of three E&P M&A deals this week alone… There’s a lot more to this …