Infill Thinking Lifting the O&G knowledge curve

Earlier today, we updated our Wellsite Storage system count file for data clients (download link). As a key takeaway, our estimated count for…. 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. …

We are setting a calendar reminder for 2050 to revisit this post and see who’s right! 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, …

This is a developing story… 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 …

In the Permian, we hear much less about sand driver shortages than we used to here recently. Not so in the… 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 …

With concerns growing about a gas fracing slowdown, we analyze fleet composition for the total US and the gas plays in particular. 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 …

Widely relied upon public data is causing a false sense of security about the resilience of shale gas 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 …

The pumpers had some interesting things to say this week… we break it down 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 …

This week, we spent some time interacting with executives and senior finance folks from outside our core O&G rolodex… 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 …

A variety of interesting shale datapoints and anecdotes popped up in our research this week that didn’t warrant a full Infill Thinking write-up but are none-the-less worthy of a mention. Here are several of them: There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read …

Halliburton’s conference call this morning lines up well with some of our recent research and presents a positive fundamental framework for OFS into next year (albeit with growth coming at a slower pace now)… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this …

Today, we have updated our bottom up US frac sand mine monitor for data clients (download link), tracking activity at more than 140 frac sand producing sites across the Lower 48. As a key takeaway… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read …

This week we’ve heard some anecdotes about the frac market that sent us into our data library to provide some context with hard numbers for a very important trend… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research …

Permian local sand availability is… 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 …

A big Frac Franchise is teaming up with a big Football Franchise… some thoughts on yet-to-be-officially-announced deal. 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 …

Happy New Year! Our 2022 predictions from a year ago did pretty well (link), so we are giving it a go again this year. Here are 10 predictions on what’s coming next in the oilfield marketplace… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To …

Predicting the rig count is hard to do… here’s a brief recap of some notable recent predictions and how they are evolving as the oilfield activity cycle enters a more stable phase. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and …

Who controls the nameplate capacity in the Lower 48 local sand market? We quantify share and share some observations about the supply stack’s ownership. 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 …

Next week, we’ll put our necks on the line by publishing predictions for the shale outlook in 2023. Admittedly, the outlook is a bit ho hum this year by oilfield standards. That’s not to say we won’t have some fireworks though. So to spice things up a bit before the 2023 …

As most of you reading this know, EOG is critical to the addressable market in oilfield service. In this update we go asset by asset and digest the management’s development philosophy and perspective on their different plays. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  …

On Monday 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 new to Infill Thinking, or your membership has expired, please email us to discuss our …

A question we get from industry contacts from time-to-time is “what’s the price spread between wet and dry Permian sand.” So here we did some math and reverse engineered a wet/dry price spread… interesting exercise, and we share it plus some implications. There’s a lot more to this story… Login …

Login for the details on a new bankruptcy happening in frac sand well past the industry’s bankruptcy cycle of 2020… 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 variety of interesting shale datapoints and anecdotes popped up in our research this week that didn’t warrant a full Infill Thinking write-up but are none-the-less worthy of a mention. Here are several of them: There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read …

After canvassing quite a few contacts in the supply chain this week, it appears to us that the… 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 most read research update in 2022 (here’s a link to the top updates list) was titled “Who Else Is ProFrac Buying?”. Since that was written back in October, ProFrac announced three more acquisitions (two in sand – Monarch, Performance Proppants – and one in frac – Rev). Will ProFrac …

Here’s our take on the latest ProFrac acquisition in frac 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 new to Infill Thinking, or your membership has expired, …

2022 was a busy year and a good year in shale all around. E&Ps and OFS verticals in most basins enjoyed growth. With 2022 drawing to a close, here are some statistics on the member resources Infill Thinking provided during 2022 followed by a list of the most popular research …

One year ago, we made 10 predictions about 2022 in this update. In this “post mortem” report, we hold ourselves accountable for the hits and misses… how’d we do? Hint, if this were an exam in school, we’d have scored a 90%! There’s a lot more to this story… Login …

The very latest on a big 4Q22 development in the Eagle Ford sand supply stack… 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 …

The Gardendale Seismic Response Area appeared to be working… until last Friday. 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 …

Re-wording and recording the holiday classics to reflect the latest oilfield trends is a Christmas tradition as old as Infill Thinking itself. For the past six years, we’ve re-written a holiday classic (or two) to reflect the spirit of the season and shale trends. Part market research, part holiday cheer …

After covering a radical project’s announcement and contracts last week, we have a few more details now… 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 …

This is, without any doubt, the most radical logistics concept that we’ve ever seen move off the drawing board 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 …

A small local sand plant in the Eagle Ford about 40 miles south of San Antonio down 37 that never really did much. Is that about to change under new ownership? There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive …

In total, we estimate that ~X% of new gen systems are now 6+ years old, while another X% are 5 years old. 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 …

It’s hard to believe that it has been 6 years since this happened: A Frac Sand Mine Lands In The Permian. This Could Transform The Competitive Sandscape [Exclusive Details] July 2022 was the 5-year anniversary of the opening of the Permian Basin’s first local sand plant. While some other basins …

We estimate there is about X-X mm hydraulic horsepower (HHP) available in the U.S. market. Here’s how it stacks up by age….   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. …

Together we estimate Chevron and Exxon are running X frac crews and X rigs in the Lower 48. We dig into their budget and production outlooks given this week. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research …

We think E&P behavior on capex this year exhibits signs of reversion to historical norms, albeit with less leverage than in the past, which is a positive sign for OFS firms because their price increases are translating to more capital not lower activity. There’s a lot more to this story… …

We update members on market conditions for sand in the Eagle Ford, where frac jobs have been delayed. 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 …

Four unrelated quick hits of interest in shale today are summarized below. 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 …

We discuss how aggressively Publics acquired Privates in shale E&P this 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 a member. If you are new to Infill Thinking, or your membership has …

The wait is over to see who one of ProFrac’s M&A targets is. 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 …

Although E&P management teams continue to spike the football about their capital discipline on earnings calls, capital budget and spending data tell a different story in shale. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you …

How much sand is moving these days? A lot – find context and timeline for shale consumption over a decade long view 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. …

A massive highway improvement project in the Permian could create times of havoc for oilfield traffic over the next several years, potentially resulting in downtime, decreased efficiency, and higher well costs. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive …

We have refreshed our Permian frac sand mine data (download link for latest database). Here are a few data takeaways from this update… 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. …

Over the past couple weeks, the Eagle Ford frac sand market has gotten tight. Real tight. In fact, it is so tight that…. 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. …

We very much enjoyed interacting with everyone in San Antonio for the Petroleum Connection’s sand conference this week. Congrats to the organizers on another great event and we look forward to seeing you at the next one… here are a few quick thoughts from our time here this week. There’s …

Developing news about a big issue for the Eagle Ford sand supply stack… 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 …