June 2, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, May 30, 2014) ANACORTES, Wash. — When Tesoro Corp pioneered moving crude by rail to its Washington state refinery in 2012, it encountered little community opposition. The same goes for early adopters BP Plc and Phillips 66. But Royal Dutch Shell may...
June 2, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bismarck Tribune, June 1, 2014) BISMARCK, N.D. — Companies operating in western North Dakota’s oil patch must be leaders in safety. It is in the best interest of the citizens of North Dakota; it is the best interest of the workers in the oil fields and it is...
May 30, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Albert Lea Tribune, May 29, 2014) ALBERT LEA, Minn. — Area agricultural leaders shared their concerns with U.S. Sen. Al Franken on Wednesday about the effects poor rail service is having on their industry. Meeting at the Albert Lea-Freeborn County Chamber of...
May 30, 2014 | CN, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, May 29, 2014) MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Chief Executive Claude Mongeau said on Thursday he expects U.S. regulators to phase out use of DOT-111 tank cars in three to five years, following a deadly explosion in Quebec last year. Full story:...
May 29, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Natural Gas Intelligence, May 28, 2014) STERLING, Va. — The U.S. railroad industry a few short years ago wasn’t involved in the unconventional oil and gas revolution, but major rail operators that include BNSF are now gearing up to move a lot more crude...
May 29, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: National Post, May 27, 2014) MONTREAL — After 47 people were killed and a third of the downtown was destroyed in last July’s catastrophic Lac-Mégantic, Que., train derailment, many despaired that the town could never bounce back. A local business group,...
May 29, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, May 29, 2014) SAN FRANCISCO — California’s Senate approved a bill on Wednesday to tap the state’s $30 million a year oil spill fund to tackle any oil train derailments, as growing output in landlocked states leads to increased crude...
May 29, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Think Progress, May 27, 2014) NEW YORK — It may take more than a year before federal investigators can say what caused the derailment of 13 cars carrying crude oil from North Dakota in downtown Lynchburg, Virginia last month, but east coast communities don’t...
May 28, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Albany Times Union, May 28, 2014) ALBANY, N.Y. — An Albany-based group working against ongoing crude oil train shipments into the Capital Region is working with a West Coast environmental group to hold a local vigil on the July 6 anniversary of a crude oil...
May 28, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Star Tribune, May 27, 2014) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Several local fire and police departments are working with Union Pacific Railroad to rewrite emergency response plans to include measures for evacuating residents and otherwise dealing with catastrophic oil...
