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Self-help will be a theme in shale this year and here are some unfun datapoints in this trend… 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 …

Our data team shares a data tool for understanding consolidation. 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 …

Sand in the Permian is already seasonally tight as we covered here last week. And now, mines face… 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 …

As more and more OFS firms eye the AI data center buildout as an opportunity for mobile power gen solutions, we wanted to highlight a unique play-by-play on the construction of a cutting-edge data center project. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To …

We analyze frac service vendor implications in some recent E&P M&A activity… 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 …

  Ending the week on a humorous note… 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 email us …

We catch up on key takeaways for a Permian fleet of hydraulic frac horsepower… 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 …

Nowhere to go but up? Not so fast my friend… 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 …

Vital frac supply chain data for buyers and sellers and capital allocators. 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 …

  This week, we had a chance to catch up with a private company management team about some of the expansion projects they were working on when we visited their Haynesville mining site last year…   There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To …

In this update, we share more insights from our time on the road hunting for market intelligence to provide to Infill Thinking readers… There’s a lot more to this story… see our top themes and reports of the quarter inside. Login to see the full update…  To read this update …

We caught up with a leading provider of speciality proppant to learn about a new technology they are introducing to the Permian soon… 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. …

In January, we toured a large local frac sand plant in the Permian – here is what we saw… 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 had expected and modeled a significant spending decline, but not quite this big. 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 …

This week, we digested an update from a frac market leader… 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, …

This week, we gained a deeper understanding of how an OFS leader is thinking about power… 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, …

Quick update on a project which has stirred up local controversy… 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, …

  Last year during conference calls with investors, Chevron’s top brass made a hint that their words last Friday now confirm… 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 …

Important frac supply chain update for the Lower 48’s largest frac sand market – data takeaways and download link in the full report. 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. …

Infill Thinking covers read-through and takeaways from the first earnings release of 1Q24 OFS earnings season… Before our takeaways, we recognize Chris Wright on his confirmation as U.S. Secretary of Energy – congratulations Chris and congratulations America, for we cannot imagine a better person for the job. Chris founded Liberty …

We share company specific details after catching up with another private frac sand company’s management team. 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, …

In this update, we share key takeaways from our recent visit to High Roller Sand’s flagship Permian mine. 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 …

This is the kind of update we hate to write. 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 …

  In this update, we share some things we are hearing from channel checks about Permian sand markets… 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 …

Distributed power solutions have been a hot and trending growth avenue attracting multiple oilfield service firms in the Lower 48. But for how long? Here’s the latest datpoint in the trend and what might be next… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To …

Always fun to see something new on a field trip.! We drove by the first deployment of a new wellsite sand storage system in the Permian during Jan 2025… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research …

In this update, we share a note from the road where we spotted something interesting… 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 …

Our desk is churning out the research this week full steam ahead… 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 …

A frac sand plant in South Texas has traded hands – read the scoop here… 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 …

Quick update on a project which has stirred up local controversy… 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, …

In point one of this report a couple weeks ago, we wondered if Halliburton might consider expanding their minority interest in VoltaGrid to a controlling position. Yesterday, HAL’s CEO said… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our …

HAL earnings hit the newswire this week, and we highlight key points of interest to the broader completions market here… 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 …

We tagged along with a leading E&P during an industry-first frac supply chain prototype demo last week. Here is what we saw and thought about it… 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 …

  With the Eagle Ford and Haynesville now under winter storm warning, here’s what we are hearing from completions contacts in both basins… 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. …

While reviewing patent records we bumped our noses into something very very interesting this 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 a member. If you are new to Infill Thinking, or …

We drove more than 1,000 miles over the past couple of days getting our eyes on Midland and Delaware Basin frac jobs, frac supply chain solutions, and sand mines. Our Permian tour included in-person meetings/tours and visual inspections spanning dozens of notable locations. Notably, we witnessed two major industry firsts …

  Our team will put a lot of miles on the truck over the next couple of days. We are traipsing all over the Permian, starting in the Midland Basin and traveling out in to the Delaware as well. Our PPE is packed and we are doing what we love …

In this update, a data driven look at frac activity 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 email …

In this update, we ponder a proppant transport angle that might be a tangential angle on a new trend that local sand plants can exploit to fend off substitution risk and E&Ps can use in as an alternative to heavily patented pet coke proppant… There’s a lot more to this …

  Infill Thinking first wrote about Atlas’s long-haul conveyor project nearly 5 years ago back in May 2019 (see point 10), well before it was announced in December 2022. Today, a major milestone was announced that we’ll see in person later this week! There’s a lot more to this story… Login …

  In this update, we’ve unearthed new data on the trend everyone’s talking about in proppant… 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, …

In this update, a round up of quick hits you should know about if you participate in the frac supply chain… 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 …

In this update, a data driven look at operators in a new way… 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 …

This report started out as a “Infill Thinking Predictions” piece about the new year. But that’s boring…. Most folks already know that 2025 is starting with flattish D&C fundamentals oversupply in OFS markets. So we pivoted… Here are 10 bold, game changing possibilities that we see business logic for but …

In this update, a data driven look at shale plays and E&P operators in a new way… 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 …

In this update, a data driven look at operators in a new way… 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 …

Happy New Year 2025 to the shale industry! During 2024, Infill Thinking: published 280 original research updates, shipped 100 e-newsletters to active members, provided unique proprietary data updates to Lium Data Plan members, conducted multiple field trips to report on frac jobs and supply chain activity in person and visit …

  We checked in with a variety of oilfield market participants around the holidays and early days of 2025 to get a read on some key seasonal factors. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, …

A buzzy theme for 2025 in oilfield service will be ways to play the power opportunity for companies historically more focused on well completions service. 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 …

In October, we wrote about a potential new local sand plant in the San Juan Basin (see point 4 here). Today, analysis on current status of the project which has stirred up local controversy… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this …