Infill Thinking learned about a new midstream concept for Permian Basin frac sand logistics that was later discussed publicly for the first time. 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. …
Read More »Railing Local Sand Within Basin – We Continue Along This Train Of Thought
A couple weeks ago, we broke in with exclusive details on the first ever intra-basin rail movements of locally-mined Permian frac sand. In this post we take the analysis a step further as our prior reporting has triggered exploratory interest from many of our readers. There’s a lot more to …
Read More »High Roller Keeps Rolling… Meet The New Old Permian Dune Sand Miner
Construction is in the advanced stages on two new High Roller Sand plants, a story that broke first here back in September. This week, we got the latest scoop on this outfit that keeps rollin’ rollin’ rollin’ rollin’… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full …
Read More »Railing Local Permian Frac Sand WITHIN The Basin Just Got Real [Exclusive Details]
Last October, we published research introducing the idea of railing locally-mined West Texas frac sand within the Permian Basin. At the time, we wrote that the concept could gain traction in 2019. It has gained traction. We’ve learned new and exclusive details about the concept’s adoption… log in to read. There’s …
Read More »Candid Covia CEO: “Oversupply Is Upon Us”
Candid is probably the best word to describe Covia’s conference call yesterday. Management owned up to the oversupply in the frac sand market – a reckoning our reporting has foreshadowed for more than 12 months now. Here’s what you need to know from the call. There’s a lot more to …
Read More »Will Smart Sand Move Forward On Kermit Plant Construction Once Their Permit Is Approved?
Smart Sand has been on the fence on whether to build a Permian mine since last year. Here are the latest details on their plans as we await the next round of management commentary on the status of their intent to build. There’s a lot more to this story… Login …
Read More »Would You Call An Asset Your “First” If There Wasn’t Going To Be A Second?
There’s always a risk of reading too much between the lines when analyzing executive comments. But the use of the word “first” to describe an in-basin mine in a recent investor presentation could have big implications. Does it foreshadow some in-basin capacity consolidation? There’s a lot more to this story… …
Read More »A Quick Conversation With Atlas Sand Management Ahead Of Their Summer Start-ups
As May turns into June, Atlas Sand’s twin frac sand plant construction projects in the Permian should be moving up everyone’s list of completions infrastructure worth monitoring. For more background check out this deep dive we penned after visiting one of their construction projects in 1Q18. There’s a lot more …
Read More »In Other News… Fatal Left Turn, Triangulating On The Colorado Mine, and US Silica M&A
In addition to the deeper Infill Thinking research updates published this week, three quick hits crossed our desk that are worthy of comment… 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. …
Read More »Plant Construction Updates, A Last Mile Evaluation, A 500 Truck-Per-Day Milestone, And More… [Permian Points 4]
This is our fourth installment of Permian Points – quick notes from our time on the road in West Texas in February. Permian Points 1 touched on the local sand business, including pricing and construction status updates; Permian Points 2 hit oilfield activity levels and labor; Permian Points 3 covered issues we …
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