September 27, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: JWN Energy, September 27, 2019) CALGARY, Alberta — Crude by rail traffic out of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin jumped by more than 25,000 bbls/d in July, reigniting an upward trend that had slowed the previous month. New data from the Canadian Energy...
September 26, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Business In Vancouver, September 25, 2019) VANCOUVER, B.C. — A test shipment of bitumen oil from Alberta is on its way to China, but it didn’t get to a B.C. port by pipeline – it was moved by train through Prince Rupert in a semi-solid form commonly known as...
September 20, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Freight Waves, September 19, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Democratic head of the House committee with transportation oversight wants to put the brakes on a Trump administration proposal to let freight railroads haul liquefied natural gas in tank cars....
September 19, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, September 18, 2019) CALGARY, Alberta — The premier of Canada’s main oil-producing province Alberta said on Wednesday he is hopeful of more progress this month on talks between his government and producers about easing oil curtailments, as long as...
September 18, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Environment News Service, September 17, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two Democratic Congressmen have introduced legislation requiring a comprehensive review of the transport of liquefied natural gas, LNG, by rail tank car within the United States. On April 10,...
September 17, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, September 16, 2019) CALGARY, Alberta — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says it’s likely his government will allow oil producers to exceed their provincially imposed output caps if they can ship those extra barrels by rail. Full story: Financial...
September 12, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Opinion column by Fred Millar, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 11, 2019. Millar is an independent consultant on chemical facility and transportation safety and security based in the Washington, D.C. area.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Citizens in St Louis, Kansas...
September 4, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Desmog Blog, August 26, 2019) NEW YORK — Six years after the oil train derailment and explosion in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec — which claimed 47 lives and destroyed the downtown of this small lakeside town — The New York Times reviewed what progress has been made...
September 4, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bismarck Tribune, August 29, 2019) BISMARCK, N.D. — A federal study examining the volatility of Bakken oil is giving North Dakota officials encouragement in their petition to overturn a Washington state law that targets oil train shipments. Full story:...
August 23, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, August 22, 2019) HOUSTON — Crude pipeline flows from North Dakota’s Bakken shale field have climbed to the highest in six months after the June closure of the largest U.S. East Coast refinery cut crude-by-rail volumes, according to traders and market...
