DEP Upcoming Events: We return to the Permian tomorrow for a three-day tour. This trip will include a thank you reception for DEP subscribers and supporters – we have a few open seats, so let us know if you are in town. On December…
Now that we are essentially through Q3 earnings season, this weekend we reviewed E&P commentary regarding near-term capital spending and activity trends. Where possible, we highlight Q4 and preliminary 2021 guidance as well as convey go-forward activity assumptions as provided. As expected, E&P capital…
Introduction Last week we enjoyed a day trip to North Texas and then took a day off to cook BBQ for local Houston politicians (Crenshaw and Hunt). The good news is the food turned out ok, but the bad news is two days out…
More consolidation news today as CAT announced an agreement to acquire Weir Group’s Oil & Gas Division. Both CAT and Weir have played in the power end, fluid end, flow line businesses for some time. Weir, however, is generally viewed as one of the…
Aside from the DVN/WPX announcement on Monday, this was another fairly quiet OFS/E&P news week, so no major revelations to impart this note. SND Contract Extension: In a sign that northern white sand still has some life, we note an 8K filing this week…
Quiet week last week, thus a short note this weekend. First, a reminder that our transition to a new distribution system continues, so expect this exact same note sometime Monday afternoon. If you have not received our note via the new format, we believe…
This past week we headed north to Oklahoma to meet industry friends in the Sooner state. This marks our third tour through Oklahoma since the start of DEP in April. While statewide activity levels remain low, there are still lots of people to see…
Headline OFS news this morning is encouraging as a consequential M&A deal within pressure pumping is announced. SLB and LBRT jointly announced that SLB will contribute its pressure pumping business into LBRT for a 37% ownership interest in LBRT. The combined company is sizeable…
When headline OFS & EP energy news is light, as was the case this past week, sometimes research folks have to work a bit harder to find newsworthy material. On that point, DEP took to the streets to chat with frac contacts in order…