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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
Apr 30, 20193 min read
The OCTG ‘Space’ 1Q19: The Current Frontier
While visual evidence of a massive Black Hole made headlines recently, we’re happy to report you won’t find any black holes in OCTG...
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Susan Murphy
Feb 27, 20193 min read
Testing the OCTG Market’s ‘Metal’ in Early 2019
If it’s February it must be our “Annual State of the Industry Report.” But alas, that isn’t the ‘Situation’ this month as the shutdown...
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Susan Murphy
Nov 28, 20183 min read
2019 OCTG Forecasts: Merry & Bright ... or Ho-Hum?
’Tis the season and it’s tradition for us to start it by ringing in our forecast of all things OCTG for 2019. As we began checking off...
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Susan Murphy
Jul 31, 20183 min read
2Q18 OCTG Inventory Yard Survey: Who Turned Up the Volume?
Drum roll, please…the results of our exclusive quarterly OCTG inventory yard survey is here. The objective of this endeavor is always the...
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Susan Murphy
Jun 27, 20182 min read
Will The 232 Rain On The Oil Patch’s Parade?
Maybe it’s the heat, maybe it’s the market but this month everyone in the oil patch seems to be fired up about something. Fortunately for us
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Susan Murphy
May 23, 20183 min read
Surviving Post-Traumatic ‘232’ Disorder
s we barrel ahead toward summer in the oil patch there’s an intermittent up-stream of opportunities for various sectors of the supply chain
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Susan Murphy
Dec 1, 20173 min read
2018 OCTG Forecast | What’s in the Cards for the Coming Year?
Each November we examine numerous oilfield metrics to determine what might be in the cards for the coming year. Will the deck be stacked...
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Susan Murphy
Nov 3, 20173 min read
OCTG Q3 Inventories: “Back to the Future”
Another quarter wrapped; time to zoom in on the results of The OCTG Situation Report’s exclusive OCTG inventory yard survey. First, we...
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Susan Murphy
Sep 20, 20173 min read
OCTG Weathers Texas Storms
Weather news has taken the US by storm for the past couple weeks starting with Hurricane Harvey that hit home for so many in the oil...
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Susan Murphy
Jul 26, 20172 min read
Getting a Read on OCTG Inventories for 2Q17
As we close the chapter on another exclusive quarterly inventory survey, we’re grateful to the hundreds of OCTG yards throughout the supply
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Susan Murphy
Mar 29, 20173 min read
2017 U.S. OCTG Mill Supply Forecast: The Million 'Tubes' March
The quote, “Prediction is very hard, especially about the future” captures the essence of the responses we received to our request for...
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Susan Murphy
Sep 21, 20163 min read
OhCTG! The Problem with Pipe: Rolling with the Punches in 2H16
Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the “heavyweight” main event of the month: the buzz over the bitter cost disparity between seamless and...
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