Susan Murphy
August OCTG Rumors, Prices & E&P CAPEX, Oh My!
Well folks, if you’re reading this today you’ve survived another eight months in the oil patch with only four months left in 2023. The...
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Susan Murphy
- Apr 26
- 2 min
Absorbing OCTG’s ‘InTAXicating’ Increase in 1Q23
It’s that taxing time of year when subscribers count on us to roll up our sleeves and crunch the numbers in order to provide an accurate...
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Susan Murphy
- Mar 23
- 2 min
CERAWeek’s Muted Refrain: “Que Sera, ‘CERA.’”
The once thunderous ‘Shalelujah Chorus’ that led prior CERAWeek congregations was more muted than in past years as discussion of sweet...
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Susan Murphy
- Feb 28
- 3 min
As The ‘Pipe' Turns: Zooming in on the Annual State of the Industry Report
This month we presented another episode of As The ‘Pipe’ Turns, aka our OCTG-rated, commercial-free, 37th “Annual State of the Industry...
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Susan Murphy
- Nov 23, 2022
- 3 min
What’s in the Cards for OCTG in ’23?
Each November we publish our annual OCTGPS wherein we examine numerous oilfield metrics to determine what might be in the cards for the...
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Susan Murphy
- Oct 26, 2022
- 2 min
Q3 OCTG Inventory Quarterly: Back to the Future
Another quarter wrapped; time to zoom in on the results of our exclusive OCTG inventory yard survey. First, we want to give props to the...
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Susan Murphy
- Sep 28, 2022
- 3 min
Spinning The OCTG Wheel of Fortune
If it seems as though we’ve spent the bulk of this year reporting on setbacks and challenges that have vexed the OCTG market that’s...
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Susan Murphy
- Aug 24, 2022
- 3 min
The New ‘Now’ for OCTG: “To Infinity & Beyond...”
Say what you will, but the environment in which we find the OCTG market today is unlike any other. The “new normal” is now old news...
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Susan Murphy
- Apr 27, 2022
- 2 min
‘Holmes-ing’ In On 1Q22 OCTG Inventories: Not So “Elementary My Dear.”
“There's nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.” ~Sherlock Holmes. Holmes knew data can be powerful, but not on its own. Only...
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Susan Murphy
- Nov 23, 2021
- 2 min
OCTGPS for 2022: ‘Fuel’ for Thought
Welcome to our annual OCTGPS for 2022: your exclusive road map to navigating the year in OCTG. It will come as no surprise to oil patch...
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Susan Murphy
- Oct 27, 2021
- 2 min
The Third Quarter OCTG Playbook
We’ve come to the end of the third quarter; time to tackle another exclusive OCTG Inventory Yard Survey. The goal of our survey is...
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Susan Murphy
- Sep 29, 2021
- 2 min
OCTG Pop Quiz: What’s UP with Pricing?
September has arrived, time to turn the page on another summer and welcome the class of OCTG-U back into session. Unless you were playing...
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Susan Murphy
- Apr 28, 2021
- 3 min
OCTG Inventories 1Q21 | Striking While the Iron is Hot
The favorable signals the O&G market is sending has us running with the ‘bulls’ this month. First up is the ‘new down’: the healthy drop...
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Susan Murphy
- Mar 24, 2021
- 3 min
Marching to the Beat of a ‘Better’ Drummer
As we think back to this time one year ago we’re grateful to be Marching to the beat of a different drummer. In contrast to last year,...
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Susan Murphy
- Oct 28, 2020
- 2 min
Q3 OCTG Inventories: “Déjà Vu All Over Again”
The results of our exclusive Q3 OCTG Inventory Yard Survey are in and in keeping with the fall season we’re happy to be the bearers of...
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Susan Murphy
- Jul 29, 2020
- 2 min
The Q2 OCTG Situation Report: No Quarter Left Behind
When it comes to wealth every ‘quarter’ counts. It’s no different in the oil patch where our subscribers count on our exclusive quarterly OC
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Susan Murphy
- Jun 24, 2020
- 2 min
OCTG in 2H20: “The Good, the Bad & the Ugly”
Every June we confer with colleagues from all walks of OCTG specifically to examine their outlook for the balance of the year...
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Susan Murphy
- May 27, 2020
- 2 min
Helter ‘Shelter’ in the Oil Patch with OCTG
It’s May in the oil patch and we hope you’re doing well and staying well in this helter ‘shelter’ world in which we now find ourselves....
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Susan Murphy
- Mar 25, 2020
- 2 min
OCTG’s MARCH WHIPLASH BASH
We address the situation currently facing the OCTG sector in hopes of navigating a scenario that no one could have envisioned for 2020.
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Susan Murphy
- Feb 26, 2020
- 3 min
2020 "OCTG Checkup” + 2019 Annual Report
We often speak of the health of the oil patch in terms of the general state of the market, but it’s not often that it’s discussed in the...
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