A variety of interesting shale datapoints and anecdotes popped up in our research this week that didn’t warrant a full Infill Thinking write-up but are none-the-less worthy of a mention. Here are several of them: There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read …
Read More »ProFrac Spent $740mm Buying Out Frac Sand Mines Over Past 6 Months. Will The Spree Continue In 2023?
Our most read research update in 2022 (here’s a link to the top updates list) was titled “Who Else Is ProFrac Buying?”. Since that was written back in October, ProFrac announced three more acquisitions (two in sand – Monarch, Performance Proppants – and one in frac – Rev). Will ProFrac …
Read More »Substitute For Organic Growth? Public E&Ps Ramped Up Their Capital Outlay Buying Private Shale E&Ps In 2022
We discuss how aggressively Publics acquired Privates in shale E&P this year… 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 »Thoughts On ProFrac’s Latest Sand Mine Purchase Deal
The wait is over to see who one of ProFrac’s M&A targets is. 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 …
Read More »Who Else Is ProFrac Buying?
As M&A rumors swirl, we take a look at some recent disclosures that offer some interesting clues about future announcements… 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 »Shale E&P Deal Count Is Spiking In 2022 [Charts Of The Day]
Investment bankers have been BUSY making deals happen in E&P during 2022. Here’s a data driven update on the situation… 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 »Got Cash? More Private Equity Backers Of Oilfield Firms Could Be Heading For The Exits
We think through some reasons why a lot of oilfield service companies could be up for sale – many more than normal at this point in the cycle – and what this could mean for M&A and consolidation going forward. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see …
Read More »Sand M&A Comes Back With A Big Permian Deal…
Sand mine M&A is back! We analyze the new deal and implications here… 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 …
Read More »Northern White Sand Market Outlook – Conference Call Highlights
A large NWS player had some interesting things to say last week… 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 »“Yeah But…” Industry Feedback On Our Thesis Of Frac Sand Consolidators Emerging
Following the logic on M&A possibly returning in frac sand… 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, please …
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