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A water diversion project in Pecos, Reeves, and Ward counties is stirring up some opposition… 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 …

Reaction to breaking news on the regulatory front in frac sand today… 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 …

Some breaking news on the regulatory front in frac sand today… 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, …

What to expect in rig count and DUCs going forward? We discuss… 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 …

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 …

We just got a massive download on the Lamesa mine owned by U.S. Silica… 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 …

All you need to get up to speed on the latest developments in the frac supply chain can be found here. Grab a cup of coffee and tuck into this report! There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive …

Some interesting last mile datapoints to know… 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 …

Some interesting market nuggets in pressure pumping crossed our desk 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 …

If you care about “unleashing US LNG”, natural gas production trends in general, or doing business in the Appalachian shale markets, then you should consider coming out to Pittsburgh with us this July 29th for the Oilfield Water Connection conference. Already, the vast majority of the region’s shale gas E&P …

This week, our Lium colleagues updated their quarterly data packet and D&C model with fresh forecasts for 2023 on a $100 oil base case – updated databases include D&C Model, E&P Spending, Rigs, Wells, Frac, Shale Fleets, Frac Sand, and sand prices. In this chart of the day, we share a snippet from the big …

Civil site work and prep is underway at the Basin’s newest in-field mine. This one will be… 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 …

Today we are in Houston meeting with oilfield market participants engaged in the industrial minerals supply chain for drilling and completions at the IMFORMED conference. Here is some of what we have learned at the event so far… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full …

This week, we are honored to be presenting the frac sand outlook for the IMFORMED Industrial Minerals conference in Houston (link) leveraging Lium data. Lium data clients are welcome to download the full presentation here. Here is are the themes we are addressing in the presentation outline followed by a “chart …

What to expect in rig count and DUCs going forward? We discuss… 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 attended the large oilfield conference in Ft Worth. We walked in with 7 key themes in mind and tested these in conversations with industry contacts at the event. Here is what we learned about the tight oil narrative for 2H22+… There’s a lot more to this story… …

In this update, you’ll find key takeaways from the company’s earnings call that are relevant to the broader frac supply chain marketplace. 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 …

Latest tallies on frac fleet counts by operator… 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 …

Earlier this week, we wrote about sand mines coming to southeastern New Mexico. After some investigative journalism, we’ve learned a lot more than we knew earlier 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, …

Looks like somebody’s gonna build a sand mine in New Mexico.. 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, …

E&P spending plans are evolving rapidly… 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 …

In this update we put two and two together to illuminate EOG’s new Permian sand procurement strategy to get sand closer to the wellhead. 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 …

In a related piece this morning, we discussed inflationary pressures and how E&P budgets are responding. Here are more specifics on the drivers of these inflationary pressures… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you …

E&P spending is moving… 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 …

There’s new disclosures on moving the efficient frontier higher in simulfrac world… 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 …

In March driving around out in the Permian, we laid eyes on the frac sand industry’s newest plant…Today, the E&P customer behind it talked all about it for the first time… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive …

An interesting / surprising inflection in the mainstream narrative around trucking is worth watching for everyone 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 …

While OFS is getting credit for being disciplined and many companies across the oilfield value chain are echoing a chorus of “we are sold out”, some fleet expansion is still happening. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive …

We just got a massive download on the Alpine Silica mine owned by Profrac… 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 …

US Silica provided their positive results and outlook this morning. Here is a digestible bullet point summary of the key market intel they shared… 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 …

Thesis tracking on recent prediction about more NWS by rail challenges shows evidence piling up. Plus, are the silica dust rules for mines about to change? 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 …

This week, we have an update on local sand mining 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, …

NWS is more expensive, but it’s more reliable and if you pay for it it will definitely be there on time. Right? Right guys? Hmm… 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 …

Liberty talked quite a bit about sand and logistics on their earnings conference call this week along with their usual airtime on pumping market fundamentals. After processing their remarks, here is what jumped out at us regarding the frac supply chain market outlook. As a general impression… There’s a lot …

What to expect in rig count and DUCs going forward? We discuss… 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 variety of datapoints crossed our desk and surfaced in client meetings this week that didn’t warrant a full update but are certainly worth a mention and impact the frac supply chain. Here are the nuggets that stood out to us…. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …

Mine-gate prices have been a source of inflation in well costs this year, but the mine-gate might not be where customers experience the next round of pain… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you …

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 …

Halliburton’s conference call this week echoed research presented in Infill Thinking’s recent stream on completions trends around pricing, materials and logistics… 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 …

Ever wonder what the actual capex, cash operating cost, sales price at the mine-gate, volume forecast, etc. looked like for one of the nation’s biggest frac sand mines? Wonder no more, constant readers, wonder no more…. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To …

Today we follow up on a series of recent reports on Eagle Ford sand market chaos (including this one from mid-March and this one from early-April) with the latest crazy datapoints… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive …

What to expect in rig count and DUCs going forward? We discuss… 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 …

Frac efficiency has stagnated over the past several quarters…. 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 …

A little Friday fun to make you smile before the week is out… 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 …

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 …

In the Permian Basin, frac sand production capacity growth has been… 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, …

About three weeks ago, we penned this report on the challenges of finding sand in the Eagle Ford shale, a basin that is near the top of the U.S. shale plays for drilling activity increases so far this year. Here’s what’s new… There’s a lot more to this story… Login …

An innovation in last mile logistics for frac sand comes to light 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 …

What’s the Baker Hughes rig count missing during 1Q22? Oh, and the top basins by rig count… we discuss… 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 …

By The Stats – Membership Resources Provided During 1Q22 In the 90 days ending March 31, 2022, the Infill Thinking research team: published 76 independent research updates, emailed 24 original Infill Thoughts newsletters to active members, regularly updated Lium Database Downloads for data clients, moderated a frac sand panel discussion …