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AUG 2020MV 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.
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AUG 2020Story map: Auto Manufacturing Index
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JUL 2020Tesla 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.
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MAY 2020As 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.
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MAY 2020Wuhan 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.
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MAY 2020Tracking 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.
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APR 2020Story map: Port Monitoring
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AUG 2018Kharg 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.
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AUG 2018Cushing 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.
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AUG 2018The 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.