THE OCTG SITUATION ROOM

This month we organize an exclusive road map to assist our subscribers in navigating the year ahead in OCTG.

This month we conjured our inner entomologist to unearth what might be bugging the oil patch.

Although the results of our most recent survey didn’t eclipse those of 4Q23, they also didn’t disappoint.

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...

Gauging the fitness of the industry by measuring demand for OCTG throughout the supply chain across the lower 48 is the goal every...

After four rather tumultuous years can it be that the oil patch is preparing for a collective exhalation in 2024? When analyzing every...

For those seeking asylum from the mid-‘year’ crisis hereby dubbed the third quarter slump, the results of our exclusive 3Q23 OCTG...

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...

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...

The once thunderous ‘Shalelujah Chorus’ that led prior CERAWeek congregations was more muted than in past years as discussion of sweet...

This month we presented another episode of As The ‘Pipe’ Turns, aka our OCTG-rated, commercial-free, 37th “Annual State of the Industry...

As we enter “The Year of the Water Rabbit,” one can’t help but wonder if it will be as hair-raising as the three years that proceeded it?...

Each November we publish our annual OCTGPS wherein we examine numerous oilfield metrics to determine what might be in the cards for the...

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...

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...

Attention drill seekers! The stampede to Houston is underway this month as Houston took center stage for the concurrent 40th IHS CERAWeek...

As we prepared to launch our 36th annual ‘state of the industry’ address, the atmosphere in the OCTG space and center of gravity; Houston...

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...

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...

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...