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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Example Sentences

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

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

Rapidan Energy Group says the 20% disruption from “Gulf War III” is more than double the prior record set in 1956-57.

From The Wall Street Journal

That’s according to independent energy-market research firm Rapidan Energy Group, which said the 20% disruption from “Gulf War III” is more than double the prior record set in 1956-57, when the Suez crisis hampered just under 10% of global oil supply.

From MarketWatch

Using a proprietary historical disruption database covering major supply events since 1950, Rapidan said in a note Monday that the Iran conflict has “exceeded any prior disruption by more than 2 times,” with regard to disruption and a lack of spare capacity.

From MarketWatch