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FRI

21

AUG 2020
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MV Wakashio leaves behind untold damage in Mauritius

 In last week’s blog, we provided an overview of how Ursa is monitoring the environmental disaster caused by a vessel that ran aground off the coast of Mauritius July 25, leaking tons of oil into the Indian Ocean.

TUE

11

AUG 2020
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Story map: Auto Manufacturing Index

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FRI

24

JUL 2020
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Tesla lots reveal vehicle production trends ahead of earnings reports

Before Tesla reported second quarter results, the question wasn’t so much whether production and sales had fallen, but by how much?

Based on Ursa’s SAR activity index, Tesla’s Q2  production was forecasted at 83,000 vehicles, nearly exactly what Tesla reported.

FRI

15

MAY 2020
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As drilling slows, Halliburton’s Duncan, OK yard fills

Halliburton, the world’s second-largest oil field services company, was formed in Duncan, Oklahoma more than one hundred years ago.

According to company lore, Eric P. Halliburton began an oil well cement business in Duncan in 1919 after borrowing a wagon, mules and a pump.

THU

07

MAY 2020
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Wuhan closes temporary hospitals, could others be next?





Leishenshan Hospital opened early February to treat the overflow of COVID-19 patients during some of the worst days of the crisis in Wuhan.

It was the second of 16 temporary hospitals built in the Chinese city at the heart of the coronavirus pandemic.

FRI

01

MAY 2020
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Tracking the US’s busiest freight rail hub

Trains are the dominant mode of transportation for moving freight—from grain, coal and ethanol to automobiles, food, chemicals and consumer goods.

THU

30

APR 2020
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Story map: Port Monitoring

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THU

30

AUG 2018
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Kharg Island Crude in the Crosshairs

 

With only three months to go before the US cracks down on buyers of Iranian oil, questions remain about how effective unilateral sanctions will prove to be.

WED

22

AUG 2018
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Cushing Draws Overshadowed

 

With the amount of crude in storage at Cushing, Oklahoma falling to multi-year lows, oil prices should be deep into bull market territory. Right?

Not exactly.

THU

16

AUG 2018
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The Myanmar Crude Connection

The port is nestled along a cove in the Bay of Bengal. Located on the western coast of Myanmar, Kyaukphyu is just dot on the map home to a tanker terminal and crude storage tanks.

Yet it’s also the flash point for some of the biggest issues facing the world. China’s muscular foreign policy, US sanctions against Iran, the treatment of ethnic minorities, to name just a few.