After publishing our deep dive piece on the Liberty / Schlumberger transaction’s implication for the frac supply chain last week, we heard from many Infill Thinking members. This piece from an unbundling expert/entrepreneur is the result of one of those conversations… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …
Read More »How Will The Liberty Deal Reverberate In The Frac Sand Value Chain? [A Special 3-Part Report]
Now that we’ve all had a couple days to process the biggest frac industry news in quite a while, what does the M&A transaction mean for the proppant supply chain? Specifically frac sand and last mile logistics pure-play vendors? We have some strategic recommendations and actionalbe analysis on the competition …
Read More »Not Something You See Every Day….
An interesting datapoint gives a new dimension to the whole boxes vs. silos debate. 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 …
Read More »Has Vista Averted A Ch. 7 Scenario? Oh, And Some Valuation Highlights Too….
Similar to another completions player a few days ago, another sand producer has come out with some revealing financial disclosures… And this one appears to have skirted a liquidation event. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our …
Read More »What Is Hi Crush Worth Liquidated? What Is It Worth As A Going Concern?
We dug and dug and dug… and we dug up some estimates… 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 »Solaris Estimates The US Frac Crew Count Can Rebound 35-45% In 3Q20
Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure hosted their 2Q20 call on Friday morning. On the call, we…. 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 …
Read More »US Silica On Track To Harvest $27mm In Customer Shortfall Payments During 2Q20 and 3Q20
US Silica hosted their 2Q20 call this morning. One thing 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, …
Read More »Foreclosure Sale At Big Last Mile Logistics Firm Will Likely Do Little More Than Change The Equity Structure
On Wednesday afternoon, several newspapers (including the Dallas Morning News and Houston Chronicle) ran a public notice regarding a foreclosure sale involving a large last mile logistics firm scheduled for mid-August. Here’s our understanding of this fluid situation… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full …
Read More »Potential Mobile-Mini Plant Deployments & Frac Crew Reactivations. Green Shoots Can Be Found If You Look Hard Enough!
News on the in-field sand production front could be brewing… Meanwhile a handful of crews are going back to work as the industry expects a couple dozen “fractivations” this quarter.
Read More »Bankruptcy Claims A 14th Major Casualty In Frac Sand… The Biggest Name So Far
Several weeks ago and again on Tuesday, we highlighted a group of oilfield firms that had yet to report 1Q20 earnings. We warned towards the end of the post that some might announce restructuring along with earnings. On Thursday, several of them did just that. One of them is the …
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