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Context is key and we’ve got some for the big deals announced 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 …

A data-driven look at operating activity trends for the West Texas local frac sand mining industry. 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, …

Following the logic on M&A possibly returning 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, please …

Halliburton’s conference call this week echoed an inflection in Infill Thinking’s recent research flow on net pricing in frac… 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 …

Last week, we joined 175 senior oilfield water industry professionals at the 3rd Annual Oilfield Water Industry Update conference at the Houstonian. It was a full house and a full discussion – there is no shortage of excitement in the sector at present. Here are some key takeaways from the …

Infill Thinking keeps members abreast of drilling trends with our weekly rig count analysis – unique takes and presentation on otherwise pedestrian rig count data… 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 …

Resourcing the last mile on frac jobs is tough now, but it could be EXTREMELY chaotic in Jan 2022, even by typical first quarter standards. 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 …

An update on Eagle Ford sandemonium… 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 …

Outside of a mini-mobile mine here or there, greenfield expansion is no longer the norm frac sand. But this week a gas-basin supplier is bucking the norm… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you …

Infill Thinking keeps members abreast of drilling trends with our weekly rig count analysis – unique takes and presentation on otherwise pedestrian rig count data… 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 …

Several recent datapoints may start to answer a key question holding up frac sand consolidation:  who will the buyers be? Everyone in frac sand expects M&A…eventually… But the biggest hold-up to a deal flurry in the past 12-24 months has been a… There’s a lot more to this story… Login …

We realize there were several cliff hangers in our research publication earlier this week (specifically in this update). Sorry about that, but when our sources ask us to not share sensitive details we comply to a fault. We said as much as we could earlier, and now we are happy …

We catch up with an old friend in frac sand to learn about what he’s up to and some new market insight… 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 …

With 3Q21 in the books, we are pausing to look back at the most read Infill Thinking research updates of the quarter. The oilfield activity recovery continued, but… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, …

Infill Thinking keeps members abreast of drilling trends with our weekly rig count analysis – unique takes and presentation on otherwise pedestrian rig count data.. 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 …

Scuttlebut from across the frac supply chain this week including plant status and deal news, last mile crew news, and executives on the move…. 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 light of several recent public announcements and developments at startup frac outfits we’ve been covering this year (plus the public “arrival announcement” of another new entrant), now’s a good time for pressure pumping newco news roundup. Throughout 2021, we’ve kept Infill Thinking members in-the-know early about the several new …

Plenty of water deal news continues to cross the wires as 2019 draws to a close. And what a year it’s been for water midstream M&A. This week deals announced by three buyers take the deal count we track up to X significant water midstream transactions in 2019 vs. only …

For most of 2021, we’ve written at Infill Thinking about how net pricing in frac services has been elusive despite the frac crew count climbing higher – it’s been a priceless recovery with pumpers receiving very few price increases outside of cost inflation pass throughs. Here’s why that may not …

Things went from bad to worse for buyers in the Eagle Ford sand market this week… here’s the latest. 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 …

Infill Thinking keeps members abreast of drilling trends with our weekly rig count analysis – unique takes and presentation on otherwise pedestrian rig count data… 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 …

This week, a regulator crackdown in the Midland Basin fulfilled an Infill Thinking prediction from April 2021… 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 …

Last week all the talk in the Eagle Ford frac supply chain market was of a mine closure that rapidly tightened the local proppant marketplace. Here are the details and market impacts… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and …

We spent some time with industry friends at a sand plant open house in Caldwell TX this week and we learned a lot about wet 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 …

We analyze a huge deal in water midstream. 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 …

An important E&P capex update this week reads distinctly negative for anyone hoping for an oilfield spending increase in 2020. Here’s the relevant excerpt: 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’ve recently covered the CNG re-fleeting efforts of several last milers including Detmar Logistics and Sand Revolution. This week, we learned 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. If …

Over the weekend, we broke the news that 1845 is shutting down its oilfield division and selling their commercial operation (see link). This morning, we had a chance to talk about the news by phone with 1845’s President… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full …

Infill Thinking keeps members abreast of drilling trends with our weekly rig count analysis – unique takes and presentation on otherwise pedestrian rig count data… 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 …

Over the weekend we shared bad news about a large carrier closing shop. They weren’t the only sand hauler to call it quits 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 …

More bad news in the sand hauling space… 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 …

This week, we participated in the 10th Annual Petroleum Connection Frac Supply & Logistics Conference in Grapevine Texas. In a related update this moring, we highlighted some new things we learned at the event. The focus of the following key takeaways is on market observations we thought we knew about …

This week, Grapevine Texas is the epicenter of the frac sand industry as about 300 completions industry insiders have gathered for the 10th Annual Petroleum Connection Frac Supply & Logistics Conference. They came for the great content and networking. They stayed for the seafood tower (crab claws anyone?), sushi at …

In recent posts penned as natural gas prices surged, we’ve taken a look at rig and frac sand trends. We’d be remiss not to do the same in pressure pumping, where… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive …

Infill Thinking keeps members abreast of drilling trends with our weekly rig count analysis – unique takes and presentation on otherwise pedestrian rig count data… 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 …

How will higher gas prices translate to frac sand demand? Important context 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 your membership …

We are looking forward to participating in the Petroleum Connection’s 10th Annual Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference. In advance of the event, we tip our hat to our friends at the Petroleum Connection for a decade of fantastic events in this sector – that’s quite a milestone and this …

Halliburton held a webcast during the Barclays investor conference this week, and we analyzed the finer points around ESG-fleets here. During our viewing, we kept getting distracted by the captivating…  

This week, Halliburton talked about something we’ve been doing a lot of work on lately: ESG fleet trends. Here’s the key points and the key pieces from our archive to add context… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and …

Infill Thinking keeps members abreast of drilling trends with our weekly rig count analysis – unique takes and presentation on otherwise pedestrian rig count data… 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 …

An interesting photo from the last mile logistics business crossed our desk – and we think we have the explanation. Plus we follow up on a guest post from about a month ago with more information and a video… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the …

It’s almost that time of year again….. shale RFQ season is just around the corner. During October, vendor inboxes will fill with emails from customers asking for pricing / bid invitations and volume commitments if awarded. Here is some food for thought as this happens… There’s a lot more to …

In research posted earlier this week, we marveled at the arm’s race in US pressure pumping to re-fleet with emissions-friendly equipment. Today we explore the why… feature image photo credit: profrac tier iv pump – profrac has been an early mover in exploring the power of dual fuel conversion There’s …

Aside from the priceless activity recovery in pressure pumping this year, ESG fleet conversion is the sector’s biggest theme. The recap is happening extremely quickly. By year-end 2021, we estimate that nat-gas power capable units will comprise….   feature photo image is ProPetro’s new Tier IV Dynamic Gas Blend (DGB) pumps …

Infill Thinking keeps members abreast of drilling trends with our weekly rig count analysis – unique takes and presentation on otherwise pedestrian rig count data… 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 …

The recent news that Select Energy Service is the stalking horse for Basic Energy Services’ water business (Agua Libre Midstream) in their bankruptcy was just the latest in a string of big growth moves for Select in water midstream. Here we analyze the moves and what they mean… There’s a …

How is local sand activity faring regionally? Find out 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 your membership has expired, please …

Leveraging work done by the data science team at Lium, we share a peek ahead at 2023 base case shale activity expectations for spending, frac and rigs. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you …

Who’s plant is the busiest plant? We ran the numbers and… 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, …

Catching up on frac sand mentions in pressure pumper market commentary over the past couple months, these three things stood out as some of the more interesting things pumpers said about their biggest consumable: 1.. 2.. 3… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  …