Tag Archives: regulation

Some breaking news on the regulatory front in frac sand today… 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, …

The unprecedented 2021 TX RRC crackdown on SWD-induced seismicity in the Permian continues with one more big action taken by the TX Railroad Commission before year-end. 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 can file this update in “things we never thought we’d write when we started an oilfield research firm,” but there’s a must-read battle raging between a big Permian rancher and a super major. And it is playing out in real-time in a must-read Tweet-storm right now… There’s a lot …

After publishing a detailed update on the DSL situation earlier this week, we heard directly from the administrator of the Candidate Conservation Agreement With Assurances (CCAA), Chris Jensen. After several email exchanges, Chris graciously agreed to an interview to provide some follow-up details, clarification, and additional information to Infill Thinking …

This update is going to be about lizards. Specifically an elusive species that few people (if any) that live and work in the Permian have ever seen; but one that could none-the-less derail much industrial and economic progress in the most important oil Basin in the world. The dunes sagebrush …

With the DSL coming up more frequently in our offline conversations with Infill Thinking members, some of whom fear the worst on a listing event this year, we went digging to learn more and turned up some very interesting findings in…. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …

Multiple local frac sand industry contacts in both South and West Texas have shared with us that sand production is not only affected by the cold temps but also by natural gas service interruption. As a result… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  …

Biden hits the pause button on new Federal land hydrocarbon exploitation. Now what? We’ve got a dose of data-driven context 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 …

We have reviewed a draft of the proration order and share it and something that jumps out at us 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 …

The Texas Railroad Commission (and a whole bunch of oilfield folks) had a very busy Tuesday. The three Commissioners hosted a nearly 9-hour long virtual open hearing on Tuesday, taking petitions for and against prorating Texas oil production. 20,000 viewers tuned in to watch the webcast. A whopping 53 industry …