Tag Archives: themes

After attending the big water conference in Cow Town this week (key themes recap), we are back in Ft Worth again next week for the “Super DUG” trade show. We look forward to seeing many of you there, and will have a recap of takeaways next week. Here are 10 …

As most Infill Thinking readers know, E&P operators often require their pressure pumpers to use multiple size grades on shale / tight oil wells. In fact, several grades are often used in the same stage. Is that about to change?   There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …

The larger two deals of the three involve E&P operators handing off a portion of their water management operations to third-party midstream companies. This is a critically important sub-theme in water M&A, which we’ve addressed in many updates this year. Check out more analysis of each deal in this update, …

Status quo in frac sand? Yep. For the first time in two years, disruption is in the review mirror not smack dab ahead of us. See how and what’s next in this thematic piece… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this …

Our channel checks reveal that the pain being felt by Northern frac sand producers continues to escalate at a rapid pace. Read the latest developments in the supply stack disruption rippling through this important completions segment here. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  …

The Texas regional sand plants in Brady TX are very busy today. Right now it’s all hands on deck and regional brown sand plays a very important role in this undersupplied market. But will it still be “all hands on deck” in late-2018 and 2019? We’ve picked up on some …

We believe the following 20 questions encapsulate the transcendent themes facing the US oilfield service market during 2018. These are not in any particular order. We have included plenty of context and background for each question, but we stopped short of answering them. As the new year begins, so much can still …

With 27 oilfield earnings reports this week, including a dozen conference calls on Thursday alone, C-suites across the patch opened the information flood gates. We continue to pore over transcripts and 10-Qs. For this update, we are driving right on past the usual suspects. Laterals are getting longer, sand’s expensive and …

Earnings season begins Friday morning. Here’s our cheat sheet of just the most important themes and trends to listen for as management teams discuss the outlook. We’ve broken down the cheat sheet by US onshore E&P, majors, completion service providers, frac sand miners, onshore drilling, offshore drilling, and diversified oilfield services, …