OCTG Forecast 2020: Food for Thought
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THE OCTG SITUATION ROOM
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’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
- Sep 25, 2019
- 2 min
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
- Jul 31, 2019
- 3 min
2Q19 OCTG Inventory Analysis: A Calm Before the Storm or Smooth(er) Sailing Ahead?
The results of our exclusive 2Q19 Quarterly OCTG Inventory Yard Survey could be viewed as a beacon of hope for those who expressed...
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Susan Murphy
- Apr 30, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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
- Oct 24, 2018
- 3 min
Oil Patch Confidential: 3Q18 OCTG Inventory Yard Survey
“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.” ~Sherlock Holmes. Holmes clearly understood that having data to back up one’s...
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Susan Murphy
- Aug 29, 2018
- 2 min
OCTG at Crossroads?
Baseball Hall of Famer and philosopher Yogi Berra said it best: "If you come to a fork in the road, take it!" And so we forge ahead into...
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Susan Murphy
- Jul 31, 2018
- 3 min
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
- Dec 1, 2017
- 3 min
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
- Jul 26, 2017
- 2 min
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
- Jun 21, 2017
- 3 min
fOiled Again: Section 232’s Catch-22 for OCTG
Every June we take the temperature of the oil patch and judging by the tone of our many conversations this month we'd say, without...
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Susan Murphy
- May 17, 2017
- 3 min
OCTG ‘Crude’ for Thought
Photo Marubeni-Itochu Tubulars America Inc. Courtesy ©Jim Blecha: oilandgasphotographers.com As May is historically a light news month...
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Susan Murphy
- Jan 26, 2017
- 3 min
OCTG 4Q16 Inventory: Is the Yard Half Empty or Half Full
Photo Courtesy Port of Houston Authority The past 26 months in the oil patch have run our industry through the mill, so the glimmer of...
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Susan Murphy
- Sep 21, 2016
- 3 min
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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Susan Murphy
- Jul 22, 2016
- 2 min
2Q16 OCTG Inventory Survey Reveal: Ready to Roll or Running on Empty?
The checkered flag has been waved, signaling the results of our 2Q16 OCTG inventory yard survey are in. It is here where the rubber meets...
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