THE OCTG SITUATION ROOM

Tight is defined as “difficult to deal with or manage.” Of course, tight is also, “slightly drunk,” but when used in relation to the...

The heat is on in the US and oil patch participants are, likewise, pretty fired up this month. In fact, after spending the past few weeks...

When you live inside a spreadsheet for weeks at a time sometimes the impact of the stacks of stats can blur. Be that as it may, our...

With a year that felt more like a decade behind us, we welcome 2021 and hope it will be happier and healthier for all. Understandably,...

Hard to believe we’re moving past the dog days of summer eight months into a cycle that could be best measured in “dog years.” Oil patch...

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....

Our yard survey of the US supply chain revealed that “prime” OCTG inventories in the L48 contracted considerably in the most recent quarter.

We address the situation currently facing the OCTG sector in hopes of navigating a scenario that no one could have envisioned for 2020.