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Although the oilfield is still dragging bottom and the capacity overhang will linger on for a while, it’s not too early to begin thinking about recovery trajectories. To do that, we turn to…. Patterson-UTI yard in the Permian Basin in October 2021 – feature image photo credit: Red Wing Aerials, …

As bad as things have been in the US drilling market, Canada has been a real slog this year. In this update, we provide a short briefing on trends there and what could come next… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read …

During earnings season, an ocean of content comes at you fast. 7,000 words are spoken on the average earnings conference call. There were 27 oilfield earnings conference calls this week. We did the math. That’s the word count equivalent of 200 Infill Thinking posts. How much of this info overload …

Last week after scouring air permit data, we identified a new sand mine site in Culberson County Texas In conversations with readers offline, the potential mine’s location has come up several times as a sticking point. Could this sand be stranded if indeed it is pointed at the frac industry? (questions …

Most industry observers now accept that the oilfield is on a path towards digitization, big data, machine learning, more integration, and automation. Instinctually, most of these same observers would probably not pick land contract drilling as a segment to lead the charge. But it has become increasingly clear to us that …