THE OCTG SITUATION ROOM

Susan Murphy

Aug 28, 20174 min read

OCTG and The Section 232: A Numbers Game?

The tariffs are coming, the tariffs are coming! Or are they? The dog days of summer in the oil patch are being dogged by the protracted...

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

Susan Murphy

Jun 21, 20173 min read

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...

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...

Susan Murphy

Feb 22, 20172 min read

OCTG: "Days of Future Past"

In the words of baseball legend Yogi Berra, “the future ain't what it used to be.” As we embark on our publication’s 31st annual ‘state

Susan Murphy

Jan 26, 20173 min read

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...