Environment and Energy

June 19, 2016
Rig Count Rises for 3rd Week
Written by Peter Wright
The price of oil and natural gas have much to do with sales of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) and related steel products. The energy markets represent a large portion of the hot rolled coil used to make pipe and tube, storage facilities as well as equipment used to drill and pump oil and natural gas.
Figure 1 shows historical oil and gas prices since January 2000. The daily spot price of West Texas Intermediate, (WTI) closed at $48.89 on June 13th having been above $50 on the 7th through the 9th according to the latest daily figures available from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Brent closed at $49.36 on June 13th.


