November 4, 2022 | 2-man Crews, Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, November 3, 2022) More than nine years after the horrific derailment of a crude oil unit train at Lac-Mégantic, Quebec that claimed 47 lives and led to new regulations for railroad hazmat tank cars, the Government of Canada...
October 3, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Huffington Post column by Alexander C. Kaufman, October 1, 2022) Canadian Pacific is eying an even bigger prize — with a potential payoff from connecting Canada’s uniquely dirty oil fields to U.S. refineries on the Gulf of Mexico and creating what analysts...
August 23, 2022 | Headlines, Oil Train, STB
(Source: Railway Age, August 22, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) “inadequate” assessments of the Uinta Basin Railway project’s climate, public health and safety impacts undermine its approval of the project under the Interstate Commerce Commission...
August 18, 2022 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: S&P Global Platts, August 12, 2022) Canadian crude oil production has exceeded pre-pandemic levels and is poised to hit new records above 5.2 million b/d by the end of 2022, opening up a crude-by-rail arbitrage until pipeline capacity catches up. Canadian...
August 9, 2022 | 2-man Crews, Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 9, 2022) Canada’s Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra yesterday announced details of a new public consultation on hydrology and measures to mitigate the potential impacts of the Lac-Megantic rail bypass project in Quebec....
June 23, 2022 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, June 21, 2022) QatarEnergy on Tuesday signed a deal with Exxon Mobil Corp. for the Gulf state’s North Field East expansion, the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, following agreements with TotalEnergies , Eni and...
May 31, 2022 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, Oil Train
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 29, 2022) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — All of the rail cars from Thursday’s train derailment in Hamar have been removed from Guys Run Creek, including a car containing petroleum distillate, the Environmental Protection Agency said...
May 27, 2022 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, Oil Train
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 26, 2022) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — More than a dozen train cars derailed Thursday afternoon after a train collided with a dump truck in Harmar, sending many of the cars into an inlet along the Allegheny River. The driver of the truck and...
May 27, 2022 | Derailment, Headlines, NS, Oil Train
(Source: Television station WTAE, May 26, 2022) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Emergency management crews continue a major clean up the morning after a train derailed Thursday afternoon in Harmar Township, Allegheny County. In all, 17 cars derailed in the incident. Nine train cars...
May 3, 2022 | Canada, CN, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) press release, April 29, 2022) WINNIPEG, Manitoba — In its investigation report (R19W0050) released today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) determined that a recently replaced rail joint failed as a...
