The Five Year Outlook for the Global OCTG Industry
New for 2011 - Metal Bulletin Research's, The Five Year Outlook for the Global OCTG Industry is an-depth study and follow-up to the groundbreaking 2007 and 2009 report that was widely received to acclaim in the industry. The same analysts will author this report.
This timely and ground-breaking report harnesses MBRs unique status as the worlds foremost specialist in global analysis of the steel tube and pipe markets.
Murat Balapanov, General Director, Caspian Pipe Industries

Here is what the industry has to say about MBR's The Five Year Outlook for the Global OCTG Industry:
Overall I was really impressed with the OCTG report. I especially appreciated how each individual report was broken down into supply, consumption and production in an interesting and intriguing way.
Satish Gupta
President and CEO
SB International, Inc.
You did a great job with the OCTG report! MBR Research is certainly recommended
Viktor Bisovetskyi
Head of Marketing Research
Interpipe
Areas covered in the report include:
OCTG supply
- Detailed capacity analysis on a plant-by-plant basis of all major current and planned OCTG facilities
- Country-by-country welded and seamless OCTG production historic and forecast out to 2016
- Regional welded and seamless OCTG production historic and forecast out to 2016
- OCTG trade
- Detailed country-by-country trade flows of seamless and welded OCTG on an historic and forecast basis out to 2016
- Examination of major historic and current anti-dumping and trade restraint cases and analysis on future potential areas of conflict
- Examination of non-tariff barriers to trade
OCTG demand
- Historic and forecast consumption of seamless and welded OCTG on a country basis out to 2016
- Historic and forecast consumption of seamless and welded OCTG on a regional basis out to 2016
- Analysis of major distribution chains in various regions
- Regional breakdown of demand by premium versus commodity grades historic and forecast
OCTG pricing
- Historic and forecast welded OCTG pricing to 2016
- Historic and forecast seamless OCTG pricing to 2016
- Analysis of historic and forecast margins for producers
PLUS
- Outlook for oil and gas demand
- Outlook for oil and gas pricing
- Analysis of industry structure
- SWOT analysis of major industry participants
- Major technical developments
- Analysis of industry trends
Key questions addressed in the report:
- How long can the upturn in OCTG demand be sustained?
- Is too much capacity being built in North America?
- What does the development of shale gas mean for OCTG demand?
- How influential will Chinese exports be in the next five years?
- What is the outlook for higher-value products?
Metal Bulletin Research is the only global consultancy that provides regular market research on the global OCTG market. We follow the market closely and have long-term relationships with key market players. Metal Bulletin Research is the leading global steel consultancy and has a deep understanding of the cost and market structure of OCTG within the steel value-chain. It is the only market research that takes a global approach to analysing the market. This facilitates the examination of the major trade flows in OCTG, the role played by trading groups and the importance of trade barriers in analysing regional market trends.
It is the only report that provides country and regional analysis of OCTG market trends and provides a medium-term forecast for supply, demand and pricing.
Other relevant Metal Bulletin Research reports inlclude:
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Seamless Steel Tube and Pipe
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Welded Steel Tube and Pipe -
The Year Outlook for the Large-diameter Linepipe Market
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Steel: Weekly Market Tracker -
Steel Raw Materials: Weekly Market Tracker -
The Quarterly Global Steel Cost Service
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Coated Steels -
Value Creation Strategies for the Steel Industry
- Energy Outlook and Market Perspectives for Steel Seamless Pipe: The Middle East and North Africa
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