In the company’s press release Thursday evening, Solaris said that activity could decline by 75% to 85% sequentially in the second quarter. This is in line with Infill Thinking predictions for US frac activity declines made here about three weeks ago. This deep activity cut prediction is also supported by …
Read More »Flu Fear On The Frac Site
If this virus can can shut down Major League Baseball and Disney Land, why should we expect that frac sites will be any different and stay open as virus reaction spreads? If this virus can empty dormitories because of spreading risk in close quarters, what about man camps? Here’s what …
Read More »Factoring 2020 DOT Drug & Alcohol Reg Changes Into Frac’s Last Mile [Friday Guest Post]
When Phil Baxter recently asked me if I had looked into the big changes that were made in January to the FMSCA’s drug and alcohol policies (and the impact they could have on hauling capacity in the frac supply chain), I perked up and asked if he’d chime in on …
Read More »A Wellsite Storage System Provider Plays Offense – Calls Other New Gen Solutions “Outdated”
“We are signing up operators that want to move away from outdated and unsafe………….” That’s what one growing wellsite storage provider in the frac supply chain had to say about their wellsite storage solution displacing the competition on their conference call this week…. There’s a lot more to this story… …
Read More »Three Firms Control About Half Of The Wellsite Storage Market. Here’s What They Had To Say About It.
Here are the key bits of market intel that we picked out remarks made by three market share leaders in the wellsite storage game 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 …
Read More »Hi-Crush Rolls Into Frac Sand’s Final Frontier With Mobile-Mini Plant Division Launch
Since we first published this in-depth primer on Jan. 17, 2020 about the “in field” frac sand mining opportunity, the industry’s public conversation about mobile-mini plants has gone from zero to sixty in a heartbeat. We have begun to hear directly from other first movers with their own mobile-mini plant concepts. These solutions …
Read More »Sandemonium Has Died Down, But Pockets Of NPT Remain Problematic
The widespread pandemonium we recently documented in frac sand’s last mile during Christmas and New Years has died down somewhat now that we are two weeks into the new year, according to our latest channel checks. However… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… …
Read More »History Of Boxes vs. Silos vs. Everything Else [Charts]
The whole boxes vs. silos last mile market debate continues to be a regular (and often contentious) topic of conversation that surfaces often in frac sand inner circles and at sand industry events. For this update, we decided to draw on the fleet data we maintain independently in house to …
Read More »All The Last Mile Players On One Stage [Exclusive]
Plus 2 Permian wellsite storage competitors in one week!! Earlier this week, we reported on a new arrival in the Permian Basin’s last mile market. Today, we’ve been able to confirm new details about still another new competitor’s arrival in the Permian Basin…. There’s a lot more to this story… …
Read More »A Last Mile Solution New To The Permian Just Completed Its First Job In West Texas…
After hearing from sand hauling contacts about a new last mile solution deploying in the Permian, we had a chance to catch up with the company to learn more about their activity in West Texas and the Lower 48… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the …
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