As shale turns 20 years old, we are examining and commeroating a variety of historical trends to illuminate big structural changes in shale’s history (including some ongoing themes that continue reshaping the industry). Our goal with this new series is several-fold: provide data-driven context for key multi-cycle themes (including several …
Read More »Northeastern Shale E&P IPO – Key Points To Know About Infinity Natural Resources
Things to know about a soon-to-be-public northeastern E&P operator… 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 email …
Read More »One Of The First Bright Spots In 2024 Lower 48 Oilfield Data [Chart Of The Day]
Data driven context for rig outlook… 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 email us to discuss …
Read More »More Sand, More Barrels [Chart Of The Day]
Data driven context for sand and oil correlation. 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 email us …
Read More »Quick Macro Thoughts… Tight Oil’s Structural Change And Frac Sand Addiction
Oil production trends shouldn’t be terribly surprising if you are watching the right metrics. In this update we talk about the metrics and quantify them monthly y/y as well as discuss structural changes in shale that are driving tight oil resiliency. There’s a lot more to this story… Login …
Read More »Results From Impromptu Poll On Future Of Energy
We are setting a calendar reminder for 2050 to revisit this post and see who’s right! 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 »Frac Service Providers Warn Of Gas Basin Pullback As The Oil Basin Frac Outlook Flattens Out
The pumpers had some interesting things to say this week… we break it down 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 …
Read More »EIA Just Increased Their 2022 U.S. Oil Production Growth Estimate By 20%
Earlier this week, we wrote that market expectations for U.S. oil production are too low (see report). In that piece, we pointed out that the EIA’s numbers only showed about 640kbpd of U.S. oil production growth in 2022. This compared to our 1mmpbd growth forecast. Subsequently, the EIA has revised …
Read More »Shale E&P “Treadmill” Effect Bodes Well For Commodity Prices & OFS In 2022
During 3Q21, a key shale trend stands out that gives increasing conviction in oil and nat gas price strength as well as oilfield service activity in 2022. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, …
Read More »Forget Frac. EVERYONE Is Talking Storage & Shut-ins
We checked in with a whole bunch of our oilfield service and E&P contacts this week. What we heard from them sure sounds like complete capitulation in the oilfield market. The bottom is coming into focus. Here’s what folks we talk to are saying… There’s a lot more to this …
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