Environment and Energy

July 17, 2016
Oil and Gas Prices and Rotary Rig Counts in July 2016
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 $44.73 on July 11th having been above $50 on the 7th through the 9th of June according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Brent closed at $44.04 on July 11th.


