September 23, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Albany Times Union, September 23, 2014) ALBANY, N.Y. — A Houston-based oil company with a terminal at the Port of Albany is poised to open its rebuilt rail terminal in New Jersey — connected to Albany via rail — to shipments of Canadian tar sands oil. Full...
September 22, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, September 19, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Matt Rose, the executive chairman of BNSF Railway, told Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo that the controversial pipeline project would move primarily heavy crude oil from western Canada to...
September 22, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, September 21, 2014) OAKLAND, Neb. — With its main modes of transport assaulted on all sides, the petroleum industry faces a major showdown, and Nebraska is shaping up to be ground zero. Central to both major U.S. railroads hauling crude...
September 19, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, September 17, 2014) CALGARY — U.S. crude oil imports from Canada hit a record high of nearly 3 million barrels per day in the week ended Sept. 12, U.S. Energy Information Administration data showed on Wednesday. Full story:...
September 18, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Spokesman-Review, September 17, 2014) SANDPOINT, Idaho — Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad wants to build a second bridge in northern Idaho to handle an expected increase in traffic that includes coal and oil trains. Full story: Bellingham...
September 18, 2014 | CN, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Globe and Mail, September 17, 2014) TORONTO — The federal government is imposing a fine on Canadian National Railway Co. for failing to comply with an order that it move a minimum amount of grain each week. Full story: Globe and Mail
September 18, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Marketplace.org, September 17, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The electric utility that serves the Duluth region is mothballing four coal-powered generators, and not because the Environmental Protection Agency told it to. No, Minnesota Power is idling these...
September 18, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Journal of Commerce, September 17, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack urged Warren Buffett last week to ensure that his BNSF Railway will be prepared to deliver a potential record U.S. corn and soybean harvest this year....
September 17, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, September 16, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pipeline operator TransCanada Corp is likely to haul Canadian oil sands crude by rail whether or not its embattled Keystone XL pipeline project is finally approved by Washington, the company’s chief...
September 17, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, September 17, 2014 SEATTLE, Wash. — With increasing numbers of volatile crude oil trains moving through Seattle’s “antiquated” downtown rail tunnel, city emergency planners say more must be done to lower the risk of an oil train accident and...
