Tag Archives: wet sand

Over the past month or two, we’ve been writing about a new mini frac sand plant in the Midland Basin. Although we haven’t been able to get into contact with the plant’s owners, we have managed to… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  …

A big article on wet sand and “mini-mobile mines” in the press this week drove inbound from Infill Thinking members seeking data clarification on the trends. Some context on mobility and adoption rates / volume is needed here… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full …

With damp sand usage increasing and operators exploring novel logistics / storage concepts (example), an emerging concern is rocks and debris getting in the product, finding their way into the blender, and then breaking or wearing out frac pumps. In this update, we sat down with a new team bringing …

We have confirmed that a new sand plant we’ve long speculated about is real and progressing towards imminent shipping. 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 …

We did some data mining on a new plant startup last week to figure out who is pumping its 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 …

A new plant startup this week makes good on an Infill Thinking prediction from two months ago. 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 …

Lots of people talk about wet sand. We quantify it – mine by mine, crew by crew, operator by operator – to put some context on market penetration. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, …

There’s a fascinating niche / novel approach to wet sand management on the wellsite happening in the Permian right now… We break down the project in some detail to better understand how widespread this could become in the future… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the …

After talking with the creators behind it, we learned some interesting stuff about the frac sand supply chain’s second wet sand storage system for final mile… 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 …

In a separate report this morning, we wrote about the conservative approach that local sand producers in the Permian are taking in response to strong market signals. In that report we mentioned two key trends in the supply base and here we discuss an example of both… There’s a lot …