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Doing the Math on OCTG in Q3
As the class of “2020” reconvenes at school this month we too are putting on our thinking caps and dusting off our previous 2019...
Susan Murphy
Sep 25, 20192 min read


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
Apr 30, 20193 min read


2019 OCTG Forecasts: Merry & Bright ... or Ho-Hum?
’Tis the season and it’s tradition for us to start it by ringing in our forecast of all things OCTG for 2019. As we began checking off...
Susan Murphy
Nov 28, 20183 min read


Will The 232 Rain On The Oil Patch’s Parade?
Maybe it’s the heat, maybe it’s the market but this month everyone in the oil patch seems to be fired up about something. Fortunately for us
Susan Murphy
Jun 27, 20182 min read


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
May 23, 20183 min read


OCTG Q3 Inventories: “Back to the Future”
Another quarter wrapped; time to zoom in on the results of The OCTG Situation Report’s exclusive OCTG inventory yard survey. First, we...
Susan Murphy
Nov 3, 20173 min read


OCTG Weathers Texas Storms
Weather news has taken the US by storm for the past couple weeks starting with Hurricane Harvey that hit home for so many in the oil...
Susan Murphy
Sep 20, 20173 min read


Getting a Read on OCTG Inventories for 2Q17
As we close the chapter on another exclusive quarterly inventory survey, we’re grateful to the hundreds of OCTG yards throughout the supply
Susan Murphy
Jul 26, 20172 min read


2017 U.S. OCTG Mill Supply Forecast: The Million 'Tubes' March
The quote, “Prediction is very hard, especially about the future” captures the essence of the responses we received to our request for...
Susan Murphy
Mar 29, 20173 min read


OCTG: "Days of Future Past"
In the words of baseball legend Yogi Berra, “the future ain't what it used to be.” As we embark on our publication’s 31st annual ‘state
Susan Murphy
Feb 22, 20172 min read


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
Oct 27, 20162 min read


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
Sep 21, 20163 min read
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