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The US land rig count powered through the holiday season and is up 38% (+95 rigs) since the start of the fourth quarter of 2020. This was a December to remember, second only to 2016’s performance in the past decade. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see …

This week, all the talk in frac sand insider circles has been about the sand hauling chaos. Here are three recent Infill Thinking pieces on this development: The Warning The First Signs The Story Continues Here we take a data-driven look at one of the culprits… There’s a lot more …

An update on the transportation issues ripping through the frac market after additional channel checks 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 …

Infill Thinking membership includes some of the smartest folks in the oilfield. And the best of the best responded to our 2021 outlook survey in big numbers. Here is some next level of insight from one of the most interesting and revealing questions in our market survey. There’s a lot …

In our final newsletter of 2020, we warned about the risk of driver absences wreaking some havoc in the frac supply chain (see this update). It happened. Here’s what we are hearing on the first business day of 2021 about the struggle to sand fracs: There’s a lot more to …

In light of today’s deal news, we wanted to share some of the recently formulated resources in our archive that we assembled to think through what this deal means for the frac and frac supply chain marketplace. We hope this research proves helpful as a new era begins at Liberty… …

Something that makes Infill Thinking uniquely special is the non-advertorial contributions of our members. While our four to five guest posts each quarter have individual author attribution, we are also grateful to the hundreds of you that we talk with on a regular basis to vet stories, learn about the …

You don’t need yet another publication telling you what a crazy year 2020. So we won’t. Instead, here are some stats on the member resources Infill Thinking provided during 2020 followed by a list of the most popular research updates that Infill Thinkers clicked on during the year. Spoiler alert, …

Infill Thinking membership includes some of the smartest folks in the oilfield. And the best of the best responded to our 2021 outlook survey in big numbers. Here is some next level of insight from one of the most interesting and revealing questions in our market survey. There’s a lot …

Anxiety is building with our contacts 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 are new to Infill Thinking, or your membership has expired, please email us …

On the Monday before Christmas, Diamondback scooped up QEP and Guidon, consolidating a big chunk of Northern Midland Basin acreage. Here are some critical supply chain insights concerning these two operators that all vendors should be aware of… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full …

In this week’s regular rig count update, we take a look at… 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 quick update to our frac outbreak story from 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 expired, …

In addition to the other research Infill Thinking published this week, a variety of miscellaneous datapoints from around the frac patch and the sand patch crossed our desk this week. Here are eight points that are deserving of a quick mention. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …

Individuals are often overlooked in this asset-intensive sector, but talent shifts can have big implications for value creation, oilfield trends, sales and competitive dynamics. People on the move also have implications for how business is conducted across the frac value chain. Here are some recent moves that matter… There’s a …

Adapting Christmas Carols to oilfield trends is a holiday season tradition as old as Infill Thinking itself. We just released our 2020 track for members, a riff on Holly Jolly Christmas titled Frac A DUC For Christmas. Current members can login here to take a listen to this year’s song, …

In this week’s regular rig count update, we take a look at… 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 …

Infill Thinking membership includes some of the smartest folks in the oilfield. Here’s what the real oilfield capital allocators are saying about how to spot the next upcycle with absolute certainty… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive …

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 …

Wondering about how simulfrac trend factors into the last mile of the completions supply chain? We’ve got answers from an expert for you here 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 …

Infill Thinking membership includes some of the smartest folks in the oilfield. Here’s what the real oilfield capital allocators are saying about their 2021 expectations… 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 this week’s regular rig count update, we take a look at… 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 …

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 …

We are honored to carry this very important member guest contribution from… 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 had a chance this week to catch up with the owner / operator of an interesting and unique new frac sand facility that has just landed in the Eagle Ford Shale. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and …

Chevron alone is about 15% of the public Lower 48 E&P spending programs we track, so they are a big swing factor. With Chevron announcing their official… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you …

Leave it to us negative nellies to send out a mine closure data update to Think Sheets members on Thanksgiving Eve, but that’s just what we did last week. Here’s a big picture takeaway for all Infill Thinking members. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the …

In our previous newsletter, we warned members about imminent management changes at a leading frac sand firm. Today, you’re going to get the rest of the 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 …

In this week’s regular rig count update, we take a look at… 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 …

It was great to see so many Infill Thinking members at the largest frac supply chain trade show of the year last week. Here’s the good bad and the ugly we walked away with about the underlying themes driving today’s frac sand marketplace… There’s a lot more to this story… …

After reporting last week that Black Mountain has sold… 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 week’s regular rig count update, we put the spotlight on… 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 the frac sand conference in San Antonio this week, we took a detour on our way back to Infill Thinking’s Dallas HQ to visit… 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 at the Petroleum Connection’s frac sand conference in San Antonio, we were honored to conduct a “fireside chat” with one of the most respected executives in the industry – Ron Gusek, President of Liberty Oilfield Service. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full …

Infill Thinking has learned that a local sand plant in the Permian has been dismantled and put on…. 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 have fairly comprehensive visibility on 2021 E&P spending plans far earlier in the calendar than normal 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 …

Although the oilfield is still dragging bottom and the capacity overhang will linger on for a while, it’s not too early to begin thinking about recovery trajectories. To do that, we turn to…. Patterson-UTI yard in the Permian Basin in October 2021 – feature image photo credit: Red Wing Aerials, …

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

There is talk in frac sand inner circles this week about two capacity additions we’ve previously written about. Feels like these may becoming reality 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 …

Historical and projected spending trends in natural gas basins… 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 …

Want to know what to expect for the rest of the year in the US onshore oilfield? This data-driven update is a must read… 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 …

As bad as things have been in the US drilling market, Canada has been a real slog this year. In this update, we provide a short briefing on trends there and what could come next… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read …

When frac customers talk, we listen. And here’s what we are hearing about their frac supply chains… 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 …

Here is the straight skinny on what’s going on with the D&C programs for 27 operators. One thing that stands out is the common focus on… 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 …

Who is taking market share during bankruptcy? Here are some clues… 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, …

And the big buzzword in E&P this earning season is….??? There’s several, but… 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 …

3Q20 was an up quarter sequentially in the proppant industry. We estimate demand increased x-x% from the 2Q20 bottom. But not all mines are sharing equally as volume edges upwards off the bottom… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update …

After writing about so called “ESG land drilling rigs” several times in recent rig count updates, we had a chance to catch up with a pioneer at the cutting edge of the ESG rig technological push this week. Here’s what we learned… There’s a lot more to this story… Login …

Our quick takeaways relevant to the broader frac supply chain market from… 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 this update, you’ll find key takeaways 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 you are new to Infill Thinking, or …