Susan Murphy
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...
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Susan Murphy
May 25, 20222 min read
OCTG Update | Winning with The Inside Track
If you happened to witness or catch a replay of the most recent and historic Kentucky Derby, then you saw Rich Strike strike it rich by...
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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
Mar 23, 20223 min read
OCTG 2022: ‘Supply’ is the New Demand
Attention drill seekers! The stampede to Houston is underway this month as Houston took center stage for the concurrent 40th IHS CERAWeek...
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Susan Murphy
Feb 23, 20223 min read
OCTG Year in Review: Will The Stars Align in ’22
As we prepared to launch our 36th annual ‘state of the industry’ address, the atmosphere in the OCTG space and center of gravity; Houston...
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Susan Murphy
Jan 26, 20222 min read
OCTG Inventories 4Q21 Disappearing Act
As we embark on our 36th year in business we’re reminded that our long history is due, not to any supernatural powers we might wish to...
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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
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
Jan 27, 20212 min read
4Q20 OCTG Inventory Survey: Diagnosing What Condition Our Condition Is In
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,...
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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
Sep 30, 20202 min read
Breaking OCTG’s Fall | Autumn 2020
Considering that plates runneth over for many in the market this month trying to get kids back to (remote) schooling, sourcing toilet...
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Susan Murphy
Aug 26, 20202 min read
OCTG in 2020: For Whom the ‘Well’ Tolls
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...
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Susan Murphy
Apr 29, 20202 min read
The 1Q20 OCTG Inventory Stimulus Check-in
Our yard survey of the US supply chain revealed that “prime” OCTG inventories in the L48 contracted considerably in the most recent quarter.
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Susan Murphy
Feb 26, 20203 min read
2020 "OCTG Checkup” + 2019 Annual Report
We often speak of the health of the oil patch in terms of the general state of the market, but it’s not often that it’s discussed in the...
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Susan Murphy
Nov 27, 20193 min read
OCTG Forecast 2020: Food for Thought
’Tis the season, the time when we sift through stacks of data in order to provide some grist for the mill. Faced with lingering...
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Susan Murphy
Oct 30, 20192 min read
3Q19 OCTG Inventories: A Turn for the Better
When it comes to diagnosing the health of the oil patch there’s no greater panacea than robust drilling activity, but a significant drop...
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Susan Murphy
Sep 25, 20192 min read
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...
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Susan Murphy
Aug 28, 20193 min read
Will ‘Chill, Baby, Chill’ be the Mantra for OCTG in 2019?
As we make our way through the dog days of August one begins to wonder if the “drill, baby, drill” mantra from 2008 will evolve into...
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