Infill Thinking Lifting the O&G knowledge curve

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 …

By The Numbers – Membership Resources Provided During 4Q24 Quarter to date, the Infill Thinking research team: toured 4 NWS mines and saw 4 others moderated several panels at the biggest frac supply chain event of the year hosted by Petroleum Connection sent members 23 e-newsletters containing 65 original research …

Important data driven update on the frac fleet working in the Lower 48… 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 …

Every Christmas season for the past eight years, we’ve written an oilfield Christmas song. We started doing these shale adaptations from the Christmas Classics before ChatGPT, so you can be sure a human hand actually created them! 🙂 The songs are part market research because they reflect the trends we …

In October, we wrote about a potential new local sand plant in the San Juan Basin (see point 4 here). Today, many more details… 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 …

We are excited today to share the results of our well-attended industry marketplace survey about the year-ahead outlook… 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 …

We are excited today to share the E&P portion of the results of our well-attended industry marketplace survey about the year-ahead outlook… 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 …

As we continue to process and digest last week’s year-ahead survey results we spent some time going over the open-ended responses…. 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 …

Infill Thinking’s annual year-end survey is collecting answers to an important question about 2025… In this post, you can read the industry’s responses.. 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. …

Our data team adapts on the fly, adding a special data series on pet coke use in fracing this week just days after Exxon’s news rocked the sand world. In this report, see how to access the new data and read 7 key takeaways There’s a lot more to this …

Exxon’s proppant disclosures this week were fascinating but left us hungry to learn more… 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 …

More analysis of Exxon’s proppant commentary 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 your membership has expired, please email us …

Exxon is disclosing something today that could have folks in the frac supply chain buzzing for weeks. 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 …

By putting our heads together as a group, Infill Thinking members will establish an important baseline for understanding the “what next” in the new year. 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 …

Mobile nat gas fueled power gen equipment is a trending growth avenue attracting multiple oilfield service firms in the Lower 48. Here’s a must read primer on the rapidly evolving competitive landscape… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and …

5 unique frac datapoints to read in 5 minutes or less… 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, …

Important frac supply chain update for the Lower 48’s frac sand supply base… 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 …

What’s Exxon going to divulge about their Permian development strategy post-Pioneer next week? We share things we are tuning in for in this post 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 …

Who’s working what where? 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 to discuss our current …

Today, we are updating another Excel download for data clients – this one tracks frac sand hauling fleets. Some key takeaways from the new data include: …   There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, …

This week we and about 300 other folks attended the biggest frac sand conference of the year. Hat tip to our friends at Petroleum Connection for bringing the industry together successfully once again. Infill Thinking founder Joseph Triepke and Lium senior analyst Alex Meleshko moderated two great panels at the …

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 …

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’s parent company, Lium Research, will introduce Lium Shale Data by video to 300+ attendees at the Petroleum Connection’s Frac Sand Conference in San Antonio today. Turn your volume up and check it out… CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO> If you don’t have Lium yet, the video shares what …

More insights you’ll only find here as Infill Thinking uncovers behind the scenes details on a new innovation a forward-thinking team is cooking up 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 …

Market takeaways from an NWS leader are covered in this 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. If you are new to Infill Thinking, or your membership has expired, …

5 unique frac datapoints to read in 5 minutes or less… 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, …

A round up of notable sand nuggets… 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 to …

This week, we have an update on E&P spending trends… 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 …

We look forward to meeting up with industry friends next week in San Antonio for the biggest frac sand conference of the year. Our team is chairing two important panels:   Shale Outlook Panel (11/19, 11am)  • Joseph Triepke, Lium Research • Hayden Gillespie, Iron Oak Energy Solutions • Marcus …

Important addressable market update on the Lower 48 OFS sector. 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 …

HAL earnings hit the newswire this week, and we highlight key points of interest to the broader completions market here after listening to this morning’s conference call… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, 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. …

    Back in 2018 / 2019, Infill Thinking featured a series called Silica Valley in which we profiled emerging software platforms in frac sand logistics / wellsite storage. At the time, different firms were developing and rolling out proprietary digital systems for last mile optimization and inventory tracking. The software …

What to know form ProFrac earnings 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 your membership has expired, please email …

Data-driven market analysis of bargaining power and market share for Permian frac sand suppliers… 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 …