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During recent conversations with several Permian Basin industry contacts, we caught wind that a new fresh water entrant is marketing third party fresh water via pipeline to the new construction frac sand mines going in around Kermit. We did a bit more digging and then called the company and received …

Wind presents a big risk factor for West Texas mines. It’s a challenge that mine builders don’t have to design to in Wisconsin, so cookie cutter designs may face issues with open sand pile erosion. After a windy week in West Texas, we put pen to paper to chart the …

The local press in West Texas reports that a listing petition is to be filed imminently. This could impact both Permian E&P and frac sand producers. 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 …

Infill Thinking staff spent a full week in the Permian Basin in August 2017, touring facilities and visiting with contacts and management teams. We’ve collected 43 “quick hits” – crowd sourced datapoints and general market observations. Our time in the Permian was spent on the completions supply chain, particularly around …

Tomorrow another new area sand producer will host a job fair in Odessa. We expect there will be quite a few more of these job fairs at area hotels before year-end. See what some local mines are doing to recruit staff and also the competition and challenges for talent that …

This update is Infill Thinking’s fourth and final installment of crowd sourced datapoints and firsthand observations from our Permian visit last week. Most of our field trips in the Permian this time were focused on the new sand mining efforts around Kermit and logistics/storage from transload to wellsite. Subscribers have …

In this update, more from our recent trip behind the scenes in the Permian Basin frac sand mining build-out including contract price datapoints, lizard talk, a mine location identified, and trucking observations and deductions. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this …

This week we miled up the rental car, dirtied up the steel toes, and took it all in out in the Permian Basin. General market observations from our Permian visit will be provided via several installments of these “quick hit” pieces as we process and compile what we’ve learned. Our …

The Permian Basin frac sand story is receiving attention from the local press out in West Texas. Some interesting incremental color emerged… feature image photo credit: Hi Crush’s Kermit site on Sunday July 24, 2017 front page of Odessa American There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see …

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any hotter, the Permian frac sand rush heated up again this week. Two more mine sites were announced in the Permian on Thursday, including the largest to date. We now count 11 “firm” Permian mine sites, with rumors floating around of at least …