May 4, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Kallanish Energy, May 4, 2020) NEW YORK — Members of Congress from North Dakota are asking federal officials to step in and force Washington state to take Bakken Shale crude oil via rail from North Dakota with no restrictions, Kallanish Energy reports. Full...
May 1, 2020 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: News & Advance, April 30, 2020) LYNCHBURG, Va. — It was April 30, 2014 when 17 cars of a CSX oil train derailed near Ninth and Jefferson streets in downtown Lynchburg, sending three cars into the James River. A massive fire followed, and officials...
May 1, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Natural Gas Intelligencer, April 30, 2020) STERLING, Va. — Armed with a report from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), North Dakota officials on Tuesday urged federal officials to overturn Washington state’s ban that prevents Bakken Shale crude from being...
April 30, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bismarck Tribune, April 29, 2020) BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota Public Service Commission approved the expansion of an oil conditioning facility north of New Town on Wednesday. Full story: Bismarck Tribune
April 29, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Williston Herald, April 28, 2020) WILLISTON, N.D. — Bakken crude oil is not more volatile than other oils, so says the Department of Energy in a report it submitted to Congress on Tuesday, April 28. The Department of Energy had commissioned a study to...
April 23, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Kallanish Energy, April 23, 2020) NEW YORK — Canada shipped a record-high daily volume of crude oil by rail in February for export to the United States, Kallanish Energy reports. The daily volume of crude oil shipments was 411,991 barrels per day, the Canada...
April 22, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Market Watch, April 22, 2020) NEW YORK — There is a chance that using empty railroad tank cars could solve the problem of too much oil and not enough storage, but that doesn’t mean it will happen anytime soon. Full story:...
April 21, 2020 | CP, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, April 21, 2020) SASKATOON, Sask. — Canada’s lead railway safety investigator believes broken pieces of track were at play in two Canadian Pacific Railway oil train derailments that happened less than two months apart near the same Saskatchewan...
April 13, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, April 9, 2020) NEW YORK — Railroads are clamping down on rising demand from oil companies to store crude in rail cars due to safety concerns, sources said, even as the number of places available to stockpile oil is rapidly dwindling. Full story:...
April 9, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, April 9, 2020) NEW YORK — The next step for some U.S. refineries that have already cut way back may be a full stop. Marathon Petroleum Corp. plans to idle its Gallup, New Mexico, refinery next week, according to a person familiar with the matter....
