Category Archives: Petroleum

2015 OCTG Forecast: After the ‘Drill’ Is Gone

Posted on January 29, 2015 by The OCTG Situation Report®

It’s the beginning of a new year, the 29th for our Report, and this particular January feels like we’re starting from scratch; as in scratch our prior forecasts for 2015. Seems the new year started with a bang this past … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 E&P Budgets, 2015 OCTG Consumption, 2015 OCTG Forecasts, CAPEX, Crude Oil Prices, E&P, E&P spending, Energy, Inventory, OCTG, OCTG Consumption, OCTG Imports, OCTG Inventory Survey, OCTG Pricing, Oil & Gas Industry, Oil & Gas Pricing, Oil Country Tublular Goods, Oil Patch, Oil Prices, Petroleum, Pipe, Prime Pipe, Q4, Shale, Shale Plays, steel industry, Supply Chain, Tubular Goods, U.S. CAPEX | Tagged CAPEX, E & P Capital Budgets, E&P, E&P spending, energy market, inspection yards, Inventory, mills, natural gas, OCTG, OCTG Consumption, OCTG Imports, OCTG Pricing, OCTG Processors, Oil & Gas Industry, Oil Country Tubular Goods, oil patch, pipe & tube products, Shale Plays, supply chain, The OCTG Situation Report, truck terminals, Tubular Goods | Leave a comment

Spooky Oil Prices Fore-Cast A Spell On Year-end OCTG Results

Posted on October 23, 2014 by The OCTG Situation Report®

Bubble, bubble oil and trouble: it seems as though an attempt has been made to drown out the results of our Q3 U.S. OCTG Inventory Yard Survey and October Report by the dreaded sound of hydrocarbon prices dropping. We’ll address … Continue reading →

Posted in CAPEX, E&P, E&P spending, Energy, Horizontal Drilling, Inventory, Nat Gas Prices, OCTG, OCTG Consumption, OCTG Imports, OCTG Inventory Survey, OCTG Pricing, OCTG Producers, Oil & Gas Industry, Oil & Gas Pricing, Oil Country Tublular Goods, Oil Patch, Oil Prices, Petroleum, Pipe, Prime Pipe, Q3, Shale, Shale Plays, steel industry, Supply Chain, Third Quarter, Tubular Goods, U.S. CAPEX | Tagged E&P, E&P spending, energy market, Horizontal Drilling, Hydocarbon Prices, inspection yards, Inventory, Nat Gas Prices, natural gas, OCTG, OCTG Consumption, OCTG Imports, OCTG Pricing, OCTG Processors, oil and gas industry, Oil Country Tubular Goods, oil patch, oil prices, pipe & tube products, Premium Threaders, Shale Plays, supply chain, truck terminals | Leave a comment

OCTG Forecast: A High Pressure Front Moves Into The Oil Patch

Posted on February 26, 2014 by The OCTG Situation Report®

Come rain or shine you can always count on our OCTG “Annual Report” in February. This is the month when we pore over an avalanche of data to help formulate our forecast for 2014, which is included in this month’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Critical Circumstances, Department of Commerce, E&P, E&P spending, Energy, Fracking, Government Shutdown, Horizontal Drilling, Inventory, OCTG, OCTG Consumption, OCTG Producers, Oil & Gas Industry, Oil & Gas Pricing, Oil Country Tublular Goods, Oil Patch, Petroleum, Pipe, Prime Pipe, Shale, Shale Plays, steel industry, Trade Case, Tubular Goods | Tagged Drill Permits, energy market, Fracking, Government Trade Case, Horizontal Drilling, Inventory, natural gas, OCTG, OCTG Consumption, OCTG Imports, OCTG Pricing, OCTG Producers, Oil & Gas Industry, Oil Country Tubular Goods, oil patch, pipe & tube products, Shale Plays, The OCTG Situation Report, Tubular Goods, U.S. Energy Information Administration | Leave a comment

Q4 OCTG Inventory Tonnages: A Brilliant Deduction Or Puzzling Build?

Posted on January 24, 2014 by The OCTG Situation Report®

“Data! Data! Data! I can’t make bricks without clay.” ~Sherlock Holmes. This month we tip our cap to the most famous detective in English literature who knew, as we do, that one must have the facts in order to form … Continue reading →

Posted in CAPEX, E&P, E&P spending, Energy, Fracking, Inventory, OCTG, OCTG Inventory Survey, Oil & Gas Industry, Oil & Gas Pricing, Oil Country Tublular Goods, Oil Patch, Petroleum, Pipe, Prime Pipe, Q4, Shale, Shale Plays, steel industry, Supply Chain, Tubular Goods, U.S. CAPEX | Tagged Barclays, Cowen Group, Distributors, Fracking, Government Trade Case, inspection yards, Inventory, mills, Morgan Stanley, natural gas, OCTG, OCTG Consumption, OCTG Imports, Oil Country Tubular Goods, oil patch, processors, Q4, Shale, Shale Plays, supply chain, The OCTG Situation Report, truck terminals, Tubular Goods, U.S. OCTG Producers | Leave a comment

“Sizing Up The OCTG Fall Season’s Potential Hits & Misses”

Posted on September 17, 2013 by The OCTG Situation Report®

September marks the beginning of the new fall season and we’re running down the potential hits and misses leading up to the anticipated “cliffhanger”: the final quarter of the year. The action-packed line-up includes the announcement of two new domestic … Continue reading →

Posted in OCTG, Oil & Gas Industry, Oil & Gas Pricing, Oil Country Tublular Goods, Oil Patch, Petroleum, Pipe, Prime Pipe, steel industry | Tagged energy market, OCTG, OCTG Imports, OCTG mill, OCTG Pricing, Oil & Gas Industry, Oil Country Tubular Goods, pipe & tube products, Syria Crisis, The OCTG Situation Report, Tubular Goods | Leave a comment

A Vote Of Confidence Or The Same ‘Oil’ Song & Dance?

Posted on September 19, 2012 by The OCTG Situation Report®

While we at The OCTG Situation Report do our best to remain neutral on all things political, we simply can’t ignore the fact that this is an election year where “Energy” is on the ballot and energy independence is the … Continue reading →

Posted in OCTG, Oil & Gas Industry, Oil & Gas Pricing, Oil Country Tublular Goods, Oil Patch, Petroleum | Tagged drill pipe, energy market, Horizontal Drilling, natural gas, OCTG, OCTG Pricing, Oil & Gas Industry, Oil Country Tubular Goods, oil pipe, pipe & tube products | Leave a comment

Downhole or Downhill?

Posted on June 19, 2012 by The OCTG Situation Report®

This month in the oil patch we took an informal poll across the supply chain to examine the OCTG outlook for the balance of the year. The consensus: we’re entering a period that has all the hallmarks of a lull. … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, OCTG, Oil & Gas Industry, Oil & Gas Pricing, Oil Country Tublular Goods, Oil Patch, Petroleum, Pipe, Shale Plays, steel industry, Tubular Goods | Tagged casing, energy market, Fracking, gas prices, Horizontal Drilling, Inventory, OCTG, OCTG Imports, oil and gas industry, Oil Country Tubular Goods, petroleum | Leave a comment

‘Shalelujah’ Chorus Takes Center Stage At CERAWeek 2012

Posted on March 19, 2012 by The OCTG Situation Report®

It was the promise of the shale gas boom that led the ‘Shalelujah’ Chorus during this year’s CERAWeek energy conference in Houston. The oil patch power brokers repeatedly called for a proactive energy policy with state by state oversight while … Continue reading →

Posted in CERAWeek, Energy, IHS, OCTG, Oil & Gas Industry, Oil & Gas Pricing, Oil Country Tublular Goods, Oilpatch, Petroleum | Tagged CERAweek, Daniel Yergin, drill pipe, IHS, OCTG, OCTG Pricing, Oil & Gas Industry, Oil Country Tubular Goods, oil pipe, oilpatch, petroleum, Pipe, pipe casings | Leave a comment