Susan Murphy
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...
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Susan Murphy
May 302 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.
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Susan Murphy
Feb 282 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...
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Susan Murphy
Sep 27, 20233 min read
OCTG Fall Color from 30,000 Feet: Pitfalls & Windfalls
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...
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Susan Murphy
Aug 30, 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...
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Susan Murphy
Apr 26, 20232 min read
Absorbing OCTG’s ‘InTAXicating’ Increase in 1Q23
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...
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Susan Murphy
Mar 23, 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...
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Susan Murphy
Feb 28, 20233 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...
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Susan Murphy
Nov 23, 20223 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...
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Susan Murphy
Oct 26, 20222 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...
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Susan Murphy
Sep 28, 20223 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...
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Susan Murphy
Aug 24, 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...
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Susan Murphy
Apr 27, 20222 min read
‘Holmes-ing’ In On 1Q22 OCTG Inventories: Not So “Elementary My Dear.”
“There's nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.” ~Sherlock Holmes. Holmes knew data can be powerful, but not on its own. Only...
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Susan Murphy
Nov 23, 20212 min read
OCTGPS for 2022: ‘Fuel’ for Thought
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...
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Susan Murphy
Oct 27, 20212 min read
The Third Quarter OCTG Playbook
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...
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Susan Murphy
Sep 29, 20212 min read
OCTG Pop Quiz: What’s UP with Pricing?
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...
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Susan Murphy
Apr 28, 20213 min read
OCTG Inventories 1Q21 | Striking While the Iron is Hot
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...
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Susan Murphy
Mar 24, 20213 min read
Marching to the Beat of a ‘Better’ Drummer
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,...
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Susan Murphy
Oct 28, 20202 min read
Q3 OCTG Inventories: “Déjà Vu All Over Again”
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...
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Susan Murphy
Jul 29, 20202 min read
The Q2 OCTG Situation Report: No Quarter Left Behind
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
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