THE OCTG SITUATION ROOM

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

The results of our 3Q24 yard survey confirmed our hunch that we’d be witnessing a turn for the better...

As we move past the dog days of summer and into the four remaining months of 2024, the many down arrows that appeared on the cover of our...

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.

Talk about “energy”: Houston was a barrel of fun in March, closing out the world’s largest Livestock Show and Rodeo on St. Patrick’s Day,...

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...

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...

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...

When it comes to OCTG inventory, it’s commonly accepted that The OCTG Situation Report is in a league of its own. Each quarter we swing...

This month we thought it would be an interesting exercise to look back on the agony and ecstasy of the past three years in the oil...

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...

Another quarter wrapped; time to zoom in on the results of our exclusive OCTG inventory yard survey. First, we want to give props to 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...

Say what you will, but the environment in which we find the OCTG market today is unlike any other. The “new normal” is now old news...

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...