Tag Archives: last mile

This is the third installment in our Silica Valley Series which shines the spotlight on an increasingly critical part of the frac value chain: new software solutions in the last mile. A crop of new entrants are improving the frac sand industry’s “mind-muscle connection” on the highways from origin to …

  So how many trucks will West Texas frac sand require in the last mile? We have 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 …

A few local headlines in West Texas caught our attention this week. Oilfield traffic is becoming a bigger problem as the year goes 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 …

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. …

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 …

Things are happening fast in the oilfield / sandpatch right now. In addition to the Infill Thinking research updates published this week, some third-party stories crossed our desk that are worthy of passing along. All links will open a third-party article in a new tab. There’s a lot more to …

We met with Black Mountain’s management team on location in the Permian Basin last week. During our mine tour, we learned exclusive details about the company’s recent operational performance and new objectives for 2018/2019. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this …

US Silica reported better than expected 3Q17 and a very strong outlook for 2018 Monday evening. Tuesday morning on the conference call, we recorded market insights on SandBox, West Texas capacity, updates on US Silica’s Crane & Lamesa plants, 2018 overall demand, contracting activity, the outlook for Northern White, among …

There is a new discussion topic over in our members-only discussion forum today. Click here to read the full thread and discuss In it we ponder whether enough Permian transload capacity is in place to service demand growth if in-basin frac sand mines fall short of expectations. Understandably, investment appetite …

On Monday morning this week, we sent out an email survey to a select group of industry insiders who subscribe to Infill Thinking. We asked these folks to provide feedback anonymously on the risk to oilfield activity posed by phase-in of electronic logging device regs this December. We got some insightful …