This piece charts the capex cuts daily so far in what can only be described as a historic, no dystopian, E&P crisis response. We also discuss what happens next with capex spending and frac crew releases and the bigger picture… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see …
Read More »US Tight Oil E&Ps React Swiftly, Decisively To SLAM The Brakes
It’s been 36 hours since the oil industry’s D-Day equivalent, and US E&P operators are wasting no time cutting 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 …
Read More »The “Nice List”: 19 US E&P Operators To Keep An Eye On For 2020 Activity Growth
With lumps of coal in every oilfield stocking this holiday season, it’s easy to overlook the bright spots. There are some bright spots though. Not every E&P operator plans to slash investment next year. In fact, some are planning to increase spending, or at least talking optimistically about their growth …
Read More »Ranking E&P RIF Risk With A New Staff Efficiency Benchmark [Chart Of The Day]
For years – even before capital discipline started trending in 2017 – Wall Street research analysts have constructed models to benchmark the effectiveness of E&P capital deployment. But what if we turn the logic around a bit and look for layoff risk indicators in the size of… There’s a lot …
Read More »Thinking Through The 2H19 E&P Spending Setup [Chart Of The Day]
After updating our company-by-company E&P capex model this week, we’ve concluded 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 …
Read More »The First 2020 E&P Spending Signal Is A Bummer For The Oilfield Service Sector
An important E&P capex update this week reads negative for anyone hoping for an oilfield spending increase in 2020. Here’s the relevant excerpt followed by our analysis: There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you …
Read More »Will The 2019 E&P Capex Story End Like 2018? First Quarter Actuals Might Be The Canary In The Coal Mine [Chart Of The Day]
Whelp… this chart doesn’t bode well for oilfield service markets in 4Q19… Are we on track for a repeat of last year’s budget exhaustion woes? 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 …
Read More »In Other News…. People On The Move, Belt Tightening, Pumping Outlook, Litigation, & Earnings Takeaways
While we were traveling gathering market intelligence and meeting with clients this week, some new developments crossed our desk that are worthy of comment. So here are five short stories… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our …
Read More »E&P Budget Revision Risk Bites
This week, a negative revision risk we’ve been highlighting surfaced in the form of a swing from growth to contraction. After digesting, we zoom out to look at US spending trends as a whole. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this …
Read More »Is Anyone Else Exhausted With All The Talk Of “Budget Exhaustion”? [Chart Of The Day]
The term “Budget Exhaustion” has caught on like wildfire on OFS and E&P calls alike over the past few weeks. We provide context around the concept (and conversation) in this update. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive …
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