A data-driven look at operating activity trends for the South 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, …
Read More »Permian Sand Mines Heating Up, Figuratively Speaking [Chart Of The Day]
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, …
Read More »Eagle Ford Frac Sand Mine Activity Trends
A data-driven look at operating activity trends for the South 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, …
Read More »Where’d All The Analysts Go? Follow The Money! [Chart Of The Day]
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, …
Read More »Quantifying The Permian Sand Mine Snap Back [Chart Of The Day]
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, …
Read More »In-Basin Frac Sand Mine Hours Were Ticking Lower Even Before The Malaise Set In [Chart Of The Day]
A data-driven look at operating activity trends for the Lower 48 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, …
Read More »A Big Fade In Local Sand Mine Activity Late Last Year Set Up A Tighter 2020 Frac Sand Market [Sand Chart Of The Day]
With fewer greenfield projects actively under construction now than at any time in the past three years, we believe that nameplate capacity activations at large-scale fixed local frac sand plants are mostly in the rear-view mirror now. Here’s a data-driven assessment of local sand mine activity in the Lower 48, …
Read More »This Permian Local Frac Sand Metric Probably Peaked In 1Q19
In this update, we chart an important activity metric that probably peaked in the Permian in-basin sand industry during 1Q19. 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 »US Local Sand’s Trajectory Slows As Permian Reaches Critical Mass [Charts Of The Day]
The great local sand rush of 2017-2018 has cooled off in 2019 after industry-wide frac sand pricing collapsed into a trough over the past 6-9 months. We estimate that Permian FOB mine prices are down some 65% y/y, which has put a damper on interest in expansion projects (greenfield or …
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