January 30, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, January 29, 2015) CALGARY, Alberta — Plains Midstream Canada, a subsidiary of Plains All American Pipeline, has started looking for workers at its new crude-by-rail unit train terminal in Kerrobert, Saskatchewan, due to start up mid-2015, according...
January 30, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, January 29, 2015) SAN FRANCISCO — Environmental groups on Thursday sued a California regulator that permitted trains carrying crude oil to begin making deliveries at a terminal in Bakersfield, arguing the permit was issued in secret and the volatile...
January 30, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, January 30, 2015) NEW YORK — Rail yard projects vital to the flow of crude from the shale oil boom are being waylaid by legal challenges that may slow the march to U.S. energy independence. Full story: Bloomberg
January 29, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Columbus Dispatch, January 29, 2015) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Millions of gallons of some of the most volatile crude oil in North America are being transported on rail lines through Ohio each week, according to reports that the state had kept secret until this week....
January 29, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 28, 2015) SEATTLE — With 19 oil trains passing through Washington towns and cities each week, the U.S. Department of Transportation should move its behind, finalize and enforce safety rules for tanker cars, Sen. Maria...
January 29, 2015 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, January 29, 2015) MONTREAL — Canada’s transportation watchdog raised concerns Wednesday about Ottawa’s response to its recommendations after the July 2013 rail disaster in Lac-Megantic. The Transport Department hasn’t...
January 28, 2015 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Montreal Gazette, January 27, 2015) MONTREAL — Richter Advisory Group, the firm appointed to monitor the liquidation of rail company Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MM&A), will hold information sessions in Lac-Mégantic between Feb. 1 and March 31....
January 28, 2015 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, January 27, 2015) REGINA — A coalition of agriculture associations says the grain industry is dealing with deteriorating rail service and an 11 per cent shortfall in the supply of railway cars. Full story: Globe and Mail
January 28, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, January 27, 2015) ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Mark Dayton laid out changes in his budget proposal Tuesday that would make railroad companies fork over more funds to ensure Minnesota communities can handle a dramatic influx of train traffic. Full...
January 27, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, January 26, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — State and federal officials are investigating an oil spill from a railroad tank car discovered at BP Cherry Point Refinery last November, but key agencies were kept in the dark about it for at least...
