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OCTGPS for 2025: Fuel for Thought
This month we organize an exclusive road map to assist our subscribers in navigating the year ahead in OCTG.

Susan Murphy
Nov 25, 20242 min read


3Q24 OCTG Inventory Yard Survey: The Verdict
The results of our 3Q24 yard survey confirmed our hunch that we’d be witnessing a turn for the better...

Susan Murphy
Oct 30, 20242 min read


OCTG: Fishin’ For Answers
As we move past the dog days of summer and into the four remaining months of 2024, the many down arrows that appeared on the cover of our...

Susan Murphy
Aug 28, 20242 min read


OCTG Five Months into 2024: GOOD (GRIEF)
This month we conjured our inner entomologist to unearth what might be bugging the oil patch.

Susan Murphy
May 30, 20242 min read


Orbiting The OCTG Space: Inventories Down Amidst A Cluster of Conditions
Although the results of our most recent survey didn’t eclipse those of 4Q23, they also didn’t disappoint.

Susan Murphy
Apr 30, 20242 min read


OCTG Supply: Will 2024 Buck Last Year’s Trends?
Talk about “energy”: Houston was a barrel of fun in March, closing out the world’s largest Livestock Show and Rodeo on St. Patrick’s Day,...

Susan Murphy
Mar 27, 20242 min read


OCTG 2023: The Beginning, ‘Muddle’, and End
As we closed the chapter on another year in the US OCTG market, our Cliffs Notes version of 2023 can be summed up as, “a year with a...

Susan Murphy
Feb 28, 20242 min read


2024 OCTG Outlook: Cooking with Gas or a Turkey?
After four rather tumultuous years can it be that the oil patch is preparing for a collective exhalation in 2024? When analyzing every...

Susan Murphy
Nov 29, 20232 min read


OCTG in Q3 Halloween Edition: Goblin Up the Inventory
For those seeking asylum from the mid-‘year’ crisis hereby dubbed the third quarter slump, the results of our exclusive 3Q23 OCTG...

Susan Murphy
Oct 25, 20232 min read


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...

Susan Murphy
Aug 30, 20232 min read


OCTG’S Q2 Curveball: A Win or Rainy Day Delay?
When it comes to OCTG inventory, it’s commonly accepted that The OCTG Situation Report is in a league of its own. Each quarter we swing...

Susan Murphy
Jul 27, 20232 min read


OCTG Calm Before the Storm or Smooth Sailing Ahead?
This month we thought it would be an interesting exercise to look back on the agony and ecstasy of the past three years in the oil...

Susan Murphy
May 24, 20232 min read


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...

Susan Murphy
Mar 23, 20232 min read


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...

Susan Murphy
Feb 28, 20233 min read


What’s Up Downhole in “The Year of the Water Rabbit”
As we enter “The Year of the Water Rabbit,” one can’t help but wonder if it will be as hair-raising as the three years that proceeded it?...

Susan Murphy
Jan 31, 20233 min read


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...

Susan Murphy
Nov 23, 20223 min read


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...

Susan Murphy
Oct 26, 20222 min read


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...

Susan Murphy
Sep 28, 20223 min read


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...

Susan Murphy
Aug 24, 20223 min read


OCTG 2H22: Call of the Wild
Every June we confer with colleagues from all walks of the OCTG supply chain to examine their outlook for the balance of the year. This...

Susan Murphy
Jun 29, 20222 min read
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