The rapidly shifting sand in the proppant markets will put consumer term contract exposure under the microscope in the months ahead. For pressure pumpers and E&Ps this contract exposure could become a big deal over the next 3-6 months. We discuss… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …
Read More »ProPetro Talks Frac Efficiency, Contracting Strategy, And Newbuilds For Next Year [Live Blog Complete]
We are live-blogging the most important comments with oilfield marketplace implications from the ProPetro call this morning. 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 …
Read More »A Fracing Game Of Chicken Is Afoot As Market Visibility Fades [Chart Of The Day]
The frac market is in flux. Who’s still planning to grow? Who’s not? Will plans be realized? We quantify and discuss… 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 »Sandless Spreads, White Space, Permian Mobes, and Price Stagnation. Lots Of Frac Market Talk Over The Past 48 Hours, Most Of It Unpleasant
Never a dull moment in pressure pumping. See what we landed in our “datapoint fishing net” during the past 48 hours. 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 …
Read More »Schlumberger Says International Oilfield Service Markets Have Finally Turned The Corner [Live Blog Complete]
The Schlumberger conference call begins at 7:30 am this morning, and we are live blogging the highlights here. Before the call starts, we posted two observations from the press release. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our …
Read More »Meet The Permian’s Latest Frac Efficiency Challenge: Hotter Than Normal Temps, Earlier Than Normal
The last time a May day was this hot in Pecos, TX was seven years ago. The forecast calls for high temperatures of 108 on Thursday and 109° on Friday in Pecos. Next week, things get worse with temps projected to hit 110°. The average this time of year is …
Read More »FTS Int’l Says Frac Market Is Ebbing Not Flowing, Confirms Last Mile Conversion Datapoint [Live Blog Complete]
We live-blogged the FTS International conference call this morning, listening for oilfield marketplace implications (not so much financials or FTSI idiosyncratic issues). 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 …
Read More »Boots On The Ground: All Our Permian Trip Quick Hits Organized By Topic
We spent the first week of February on location in the Permian Basin gathering market intelligence on the completions supply chain. In addition to taking it all in from the road this week, we have met with a variety of management teams and visited operations in the field. During our …
Read More »Real-Time Takeaways From Liberty Frac’s First Ever Quarterly Earnings Conference Call… [Live Blog Complete]
Newly minted public frac company Liberty Oilfield Services hosted their first ever quarterly earnings call on Tuesday March 13, 2018. We are live-blogged it, and these are our key takeaways… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our …
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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