THE OCTG SITUATION ROOM

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...

This month we conjured our inner entomologist to unearth what might be bugging the oil patch.

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...

The official start of fall comes later this week with the autumnal equinox on September 23, but by all measures the OCTG business got a...

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...

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...

The once thunderous ‘Shalelujah Chorus’ that led prior CERAWeek congregations was more muted than in past years as discussion of sweet...

This month we presented another episode of As The ‘Pipe’ Turns, aka our OCTG-rated, commercial-free, 37th “Annual State of the Industry...

Each November we publish our annual OCTGPS wherein we examine numerous oilfield metrics to determine what might be in the cards for the...

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...

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...

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...

“There's nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.” ~Sherlock Holmes. Holmes knew data can be powerful, but not on its own. Only...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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