THE OCTG SITUATION ROOM

Susan Murphy

May’s OCTG Snooze Turns to Breaking News

What began as a month of snooze abruptly filled with breaking news. So we decided to investigate some of the headlines of the day in our...

Susan Murphy

The OCTG ‘Space’ 1Q19: The Current Frontier

While visual evidence of a massive Black Hole made headlines recently, we’re happy to report you won’t find any black holes in OCTG...

Susan Murphy

Surviving Post-Traumatic ‘232’ Disorder

s we barrel ahead toward summer in the oil patch there’s an intermittent up-stream of opportunities for various sectors of the supply chain

Susan Murphy

OCTG By Numbers

As we prepare for our publication’s annual ‘state of the industry’ address every February we often find clues in past years’ metrics and...

Susan Murphy

3Q16 Inventory: Cracking the Case of the Absent OCTG Tonnages

"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data,” ~Sherlock Holmes. Holmes clearly understood that having data to back up one’s...

Susan Murphy

OhCTG! The Problem with Pipe: Rolling with the Punches in 2H16

Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the “heavyweight” main event of the month: the buzz over the bitter cost disparity between seamless and...

Susan Murphy

Will OCTG Prove Its ‘Metal’ in 2016?

It’s medal mania all over again as the 2016 Rio Olympic Games permeate the airwaves. And it’s “metal” mania here in the OCTG Situation...