July 20, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bismarck Tribune, July 20, 2020) BISMARCK, N.D. — While lawyers fight over a federal judge’s order to temporarily shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline, the oil industry is grappling with uncertainty as it ponders how to keep shipping Bakken crude to market....
July 14, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: S&P Global Platts, July 13, 2020) HOUSTON — U.S. shale oil production will fall to 7.49 million b/d in August, down 56,000 b/d from July and the lowest in two years, the US Energy Information Administration said July 13. Full story: S&P Global...
July 13, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Colorado Sun, July 12, 2020) DENVER — It’s been 23 years since trains rumbled through the tunnel atop Tennessee Pass. That could change as interest in the dormant Tennessee Pass Line between Cañon City and Dotsero grows. A fledgling railway project in Utah’s...
July 13, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: DeSmog Blog, July 12, 2020) NEW YORK — On July 6th Reuters published an article on the potential for a resurgence of moving crude oil from the Bakken region of North Dakota across the country by rail, due to a judge’s decision to shut down the Dakota Access...
July 7, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Earth Justice, July 6, 2020) SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The explosion risk of transporting volatile liquefied natural gas in vulnerable tank cars through major population centers is off the charts. Yet the trump administration is proposing a rule that would...
July 7, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, July 6, 2020) NEW YORK — Companies that transport oil by rail are prepping for a business surge after a federal judge ordered the largest crude pipeline out of North Dakota to shut within a month, market sources said on Monday. Full story:...
July 6, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, July 6, 2020) LAC-MEGANTIC — Lac-Megantic will mark the seventh anniversary of a tragic rail disaster that claimed 47 lives by inaugurating a long-planned memorial space. On July 6, 2013, a runaway train hauling tanker cars loaded with...
June 23, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Freight Waves, June 19, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) are authorizing the bulk transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by rail via a final...
June 22, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, June 19, 2020) OTTAWA — Canadian exports of crude oil by rail dropped by more than half in April compared to March as North American fuel demand plunged due to measures taken to control the COVID-19 pandemic. Full story: Canadian...
June 22, 2020 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, June 19, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), in consultation with the Federal Railroad...
