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Nick Cook, Editor
Issue #303 | December 23, 2020
The Cook Family and The Petroleum Connection wish you and yours a blessed Christmas and a prosperous New Year. Â 2020 was a challenging year from a business perspective, but it did give us an opportunity to straighten out priorities, spend more time with family, and improve our business operations. Â God-willing, we can use the lessons learned to make 2021 a great one!
In addition to the other research updates published this week, a variety of miscellaneous datapoints from around the frac patch and the sand patch from Infill Thinking this week...
The Company completed an evaluation of the clean sand tailings that are a byproduct of the oil extraction process. It was determined that 60-70% of the sand falls within a 40-140 mesh size range and has a crush strength exceeding 8,000 psi, giving the sand...
Anxiety is building among our contacts in sand’s last mile about trucker availability between Christmas and New Years...
Understanding the mechanics and economics of fracking can help investors understand the dizzyingly cyclical nature of energy markets...
On the Monday before Christmas, Diamondback scooped up QEP and Guidon, consolidating a big chunk of Northern Midland Basin acreage. Â In the deal disclosures, Diamondback says they will shift their planned 2021 capex budget towards developing...
Frackers and frac sand miners are anticipating a turnaround in fortunes and a large-scale reconfiguration of the industry after a dramatic year of bankruptcies in the wake of a turbulent oil market...
After publishing this POSITIVE Permian permitting update last week, Infill Thinking heard from several members asking for the same look at the Eagle Ford...
Individuals are often overlooked in this asset-intensive sector, but talent shifts can have big implications for value creation, oilfield trends, sales and competitive dynamics...
Automation and connectivity are the two big themes as freight rail and supply chain operations become digitized, says Forbes...
As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office in January, environmental groups sought to hold the Biden administration accountable for campaign promises to ban new oil and gas leases on federal land and potentially end the practice of hydraulic fracturing or fracking...
Two advocacy groups are questioning the legality of the state's new program that funnels federal coronavirus aid to oil companies to reimburse part of the cost of fracking wells...
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