This morning we lived blogged the Hi Crush conference call providing Infill Thinking visitors with a real-time bullet point list of takeaways. With the call ended, the live blog is done and here are our final notes from the call: There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see …
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A Perfect Sandstorm Has Started A “Run On The Bank” In The US Completions Supply Chain
Last week, first Schlumberger and then Halliburton issued US onshore profit warnings for their completions businesses. Halliburton explicitly cited the frac sand supply crunch caused by railroad downtime as the primary culprit. Since then, we’ve had a chance to catch up with multiple private participants in this market to try …
Read More »Smart Sand Is Still In A Holding Pattern On Permian Plant Construction
This week at an investor conference, Smart Sand discussed their latest thoughts on building an in-basin plant in the Permian. 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 …
Read More »Just In Case It Hasn’t Crossed Your Desk Yet… A Notable Private Equity / Transload Deal Hit The Wires Thursday
We don’t always post links to press releases, but this deal may not be on everyone’s radar just yet… and it should be, so we are sharing it here… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our …
Read More »Anyone Remember Guar? The 1Q18 Sand-By-Rail Crisis Is Kinda Like That…
The guar shortage five years ago provides a useful framework for thinking about the latest completions supply chain crisis. 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 …
Read More »A 2nd New Eagle Ford Sand Mine Surfaces In As Many Days…
We examine the news of a second Eagle Ford frac sand mine, the second this week and it’s only Tuesday. 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 …
Read More »E&P Operator Announces A New Vertically Integrated 2mmtpa Frac Sand Mine For The Eagle Ford / Austin Chalk
Here’s what you need to know about the latest frac sand mine. Is this news the beginning of more E&Ps vertically integrating in-basin sand with either purchases of in-basin mines or raw acreage upon which to build? There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… …
Read More »Universal Starts Pumping In-Basin Sand; Sees E&Ps Testing And Adopting It, Not Rejecting It…
Check out what Patterson-UTI management said about local sand usage 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 be a member. If you are new to Infill Thinking, or your membership has …
Read More »Pioneer The Permian Pure Play: 2018 Capex Will Be 10% Above Adjusted 2017 Spending
We break down Pioneer’s Permian news from yesterday evening. 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 …
Read More »Permian Basin SWD Conference Call Takeaways
A few key points we found fascinating on the Permian basin produced water market and SWD situation in this update from a webinar hosted by Digital H2O on Wednesday. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research …
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