We spent several days in early-October 2024 visiting Northern White Sand plants, gathering completions market intel and facility information. Our tour included hosted facility tours and drive-bys, and here we bring you insights from one of those stops along the road… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …
Read More »Here Is Why Covia Tunnel City Has Run For A Decade Without Pause [Notes From Behind The Gate]
We spent several days in early-October 2024 visiting Northern White Sand plants, gathering completions market intel and facility information. Our tour included hosted facility tours and drive-bys, and here we bring you insights from one of those stops along the road… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …
Read More »HC Minerals Wyeville Is A Northern White Sand Standout [Notes From Behind The Gate]
We spent several days in early-October 2024 visiting Northern White Sand plants, gathering completions market intel and facility information. Our tour included hosted facility tours and drive-bys, and here we bring you insights from one of those stops along the road… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …
Read More »General NWS Observations Firsthand From Wisconsin [Road Notes & Photo Slideshow]
We spent several days in early-October 2024 visiting Northern White Sand plants, gathering completions market intel and facility information. Our tour included hosted facility tours and drive-bys, and here we bring you general market insights from our time on the road… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …
Read More »Logistics Driven Efficiencies On Display At Smart Sand’s Huge Oakdale Facility [Notes From Behind The Gate]
We spent several days in early-October 2024 visiting Northern White Sand plants, gathering completions market intel and facility information. Our tour included hosted facility tours and drive-bys, and here we bring you insights from one of those stops along the road… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to …
Read More »Northern White Sand Market Outlook – Conference Call Highlights
A large NWS player had some interesting things to say last week… 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 …
Read More »In The News: Infill Thinking Insights Cited On Rail Service Changes
Infill Thinking insights were cited in an in-depth article published by Wisconsin State Journal writer Chris Hubbuch over the weekend. In part, Hubboch’s story discusses how recent changes in rail service options available to Northern White Sand producers are rippling through the logistics value chain, quoting Infill Thinking research. We first …
Read More »In Other News… NWS Trials & Tribulations, Permian Storm Clouds, Vista Is OK, DJ Basin Gap, & The West Texas “Extraction Colony”
In addition to the deeper Infill Thinking research updates published this week, a few other quick hits crossed our desk that are worthy of comment. So here are four short stories… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive …
Read More »Drop & Swap Staging, Post-Frac Sweeps, Permian Labs, & “Sandsplants” At The Sand Bar [Permian Points 5]
This is our fifth and final installment of Permian Points (quick notes from the road) from the first of two February trips we made to West Texas to gather on-the-ground market intelligence. Revisit Permian Points 1-4 at the links below: Permian Points 1 Permian Points 2 Permian Points 3 Permian …
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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