May 5, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, May 4, 2015) SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has cited Plains All American Pipeline LP’s Bakersfield crude by rail terminal with a series of violations, according to a notice made public on Monday. Full story:...
May 5, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, May 5, 2015) NEW YORK — A growing share of Canadian oil-by-rail traffic is made up of tough-to-ignite undiluted heavy crude and raw bitumen, say industry executives, as companies scramble to cut expenditures with the price of crude down more than 40...
May 5, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Forbes, May 4, 2015) NEW YORK — New regulations from the U.S. Department of Transportation declare that details about crude oil rail shipments are exempt from public disclosure. This ends DOT’s existing regulations that required railroads to share with state...
May 5, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Globe and Mail editorial, May 4, 2015) TORONTO — The slow progress of the regulations only benefits industry. Transport Canada and its U.S. counterpart should have demanded quicker change. Instead, they have told the rail industry that there is an acceptable...
May 5, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: New York Times, May 1, 2015) NEW YORK — Ending months of uncertainty and delays, federal regulators on Friday unveiled new rules for transporting crude oil by trains, saying the measures would improve rail safety and reduce the risks of a catastrophic event....
May 4, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, May 3, 2015) OMAHA, Neb. — The federal government’s new standards for shipping crude oil by rail will have a significant impact on Berkshire Hathaway’s BNSF railroad and its Union Tank Car business. Full story: Seattle...
May 4, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The News Journal, May 2, 2015) WILMINGTON, Del. — Deliveries to the Delaware City Refinery, a 5,000-acre complex that can convert up to 191,000 barrels of crude every day into gasoline, diesel and other fuels for distribution, could increase up to 60 to 70...
May 4, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Spokesman-Review, May 2, 2015) SPOKANE, Wash. — A leaking oil train that traveled across Washington and Idaho in January had tank cars with flawed valves, which are also installed in thousands of other tank cars nationwide, federal investigators said. Full...
May 4, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, May 1, 2015) OMAHA, Neb. — Sweeping regulations to boost the safety of trains transporting crude oil, ethanol and other flammable liquids were announced Friday by U.S. and Canadian officials. The long-awaited regulations are a response to a...
May 4, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, May 1, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Details about rail shipments of crude oil and ethanol will be made exempt from public disclosure under new regulations announced by the U.S. Department of Transportation on Friday. The department will...
