February 13, 2015 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, February 12, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration revised its proposal to prevent oil trains from catching fire in derailments, giving companies more time to upgrade their fleets but sticking with a requirement that new tank cars have...
February 10, 2015 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, February 9, 2015) MONTREAL — More than a year and a half after the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, several environmental emergency companies say they are still awaiting compensation from the Quebec government. Full story:...
February 10, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Financial Post, February 9, 2015) OTTAWA — Rail was seen as a lifeline for Canadian oil producers in the absence of new pipelines, but narrowing spreads between Canadian oil and global benchmarks in recent months is turning the business model uneconomic in an...
February 10, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, February 6, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A much-anticipated regulation to improve the safety of crude oil and ethanol trains was sent to the White House for review Thursday, the final stage in a process some lawmakers and industry...
February 10, 2015 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Militant, February 16, 2015) MONTREAL — Railroad bosses, the cops and Canada’s courts are pushing to frame up and punish Tom Harding, an engineer for the now-bankrupt Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, as the person responsible for 47 deaths in the...
February 9, 2015 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Jefferson Public Radio, February 3, 2015) GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A growing number of oil trains rolling through Washington has emergency responders and rail workers calling for bigger crews on board to better protect human health and the environment. A set of...
February 6, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Financial Post, February 4, 2015) TORONTO — Facing increased pressure from rail cutting into its business while the Keystone XL pipeline remains under American review, TransCanada Corp. said it is planning to diversify into the oil-by-rail business within...
February 6, 2015 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, February 5, 2015) CALGARY, Alberta — Suncor Energy is no longer shipping crude by rail to the U.S. Gulf Coast because it is not economic to do so at current prices, Chief Executive Steve Williams said on Thursday. Full story:...
February 6, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bellingham Herald, February 6, 2016) BELLINGHAM, Wash. — A train loaded with Bakken crude oil needed to have more than a dozen leaking tank cars removed at three separate stops as it traveled through Idaho and crossed Washington state in mid-January. Full...
February 6, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train, UP
(Source: Reuters, February 5, 2015) CHICAGO — The new top executive of Union Pacific Corp said on Thursday he felt a sense of momentum at the No. 1 U.S. railroad as it works to improve service amid growth in the U.S. economy, but said the impact of falling oil prices...
