June 28, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Edmonton Journal, June 27, 2019) EDMONTON — Attempting to make good on a spring election promise, the government announced Thursday morning it has engaged CIBC Capital Markets to “help oversee the divestment of the crude-by-rail program and its transition to...
June 28, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CTV News, June 27, 2019) EDMONTON — The Alberta government announced changes to the oil production limit for August Thursday. Citing the private sector increasing its crude-by-rail capacity, declining inventory levels and improved efficiencies, the production...
June 26, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: JWN Energy, June 25, 2019) CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian crude by rail activity is on the upswing again, according to new data from the National Energy Board. The NEB reports that rail offtake from the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin averaged 236,252 bbls/d in...
June 25, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: Globe and Mail, June 24, 2019) OTTAWA — Liberal ministers will announce a formal role for the Canada Infrastructure Bank Tuesday in developing Via Rail’s plans for a new multibillion-dollar passenger rail line, but the joint news conferences in Ontario and...
June 20, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, June 18, 2019) HOUSTON — Heavy crudes have poured into the United States this spring, offsetting the loss of Venezuelan oil and producing a mini-surplus, with Canadian heavy crude this month being exported from the U.S. Gulf Coast. Crude-by-rail...
June 14, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, June 11, 2019) CALGARY, Alberta — The provincial government has started talks with the private sector about Canadian oil producers taking over contracts signed by the previous NDP government, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said on Tuesday. The talks...
May 29, 2019 | Canada, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, May 28, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The proposed regulation requires certain passenger and freight railways to install voice and video recording equipment in the cab of the locomotive for the purpose of collecting data on in-cab operating...
May 20, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Calgary Herald, May 17, 2019) CALGARY — Premier Jason Kenney’s new government will cancel $3.7 billion worth of oil-by-rail contracts entered into by former premier Rachel Notley’s NDP government just weeks prior to calling the election with CN Rail, CP Rail...
April 22, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: S&P Global Platts, April 17, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The new government in the Canadian province of Alberta will likely take a more aggressive stance with the federal government in Ottawa on pipeline issues and may cancel a rail-car lease that would...
April 18, 2019 | Canada, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 17, 2019) The Canadian government will provide CA$16.5 million through the Rail Safety Improvement Program to support 136 new rail-safety improvement projects and initiatives, Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced yesterday....
