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Joey Fuller
10-04-2010, 04:25 AM
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http://www.tennesseesonsofliberty.com/2010/10/port-of-houston-and-put-options.html
(http://www.tennesseesonsofliberty.com/2010/10/port-of-houston-and-put-options.html)
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10/1
FRIDAY October 1, 2010 there was a high volume of "put options" placed on "OKS" which is Oneok Partners LP. This is an energy company out of Tulsa. they own several other companies, such as Houston based Texas Eastern Transmission, LP. http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/streetools/market_tools/unusually_high_option_volume.aspx

10/3-
"The U.S. Coast Guard says much of the Houston Ship Channel will be closed to marine traffic until at least Tuesday night. Petty Officer Richard Brahm says the estimate comes from the joint team at the scene of a barge collision with a tower that supports a high-voltage electric transmission line. That tower threatens to topple it into the channel."
The channel is the lifeline to the Port of Houston, the nation's leader in foreign waterborne tonnage and imports and runner-up in U.S. export tonnage and total tonnage."

10/1
The Port of Houston, Texas, is a major seaport located in the fourth largest city in the United States. It is the busiest port in the United States in terms of foreign tonnage,

The Transportation Worker Identity Credential, or TWIC, program is a Transportation Security Administration and U.S. Coast Guard initiative to provide tamper-resistant biometric identification cards to port facility workers. TWIC cards have become a mandatory requirement for access to all U.S. ports as of April 15, 2009. The Intellicheck Mobilisa TWIC reader handheld device is used to validate TWIC credentials;