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Rapidan

American  
[rap-i-dan] / ˌræp ɪˈdæn /

noun

  1. a river in N Virginia, flowing E from the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Rappahannock River: Civil War battle 1862.


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Even oil-tanker traffic wouldn’t immediately return to peacetime levels right away, said Jenna Delaney, an analyst with Rapidan Energy Group.

From MarketWatch Jun. 16, 2026

The Rapidan team noted that since the 1970s, a sharp jump in real oil prices has emerged before nearly every major U.S. recession.

From MarketWatch May 22, 2026

While Saudi Arabia has rerouted some supplies through existing pipelines to export terminals elsewhere, analysts including Rapidan Energy Group say 10 million or more barrels of petroleum a day remain throttled.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

Natural gas supplies the bulk of “Iran’s electricity, supports residential heating and cooking, and underpins a significant industrial sector,” said Fernando Ferreira, a geopolitical analyst at Washington-based energy-research firm Rapidan Energy.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

The freshet after we left the Rapidan carried away the railroad bridge over that river.

From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by Longstreet, James

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