June 17, 2019 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 14, 2019) North Dakota’s congressional delegation is making its case to U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao that Washington state’s new crude-by-rail law violates the nation’s Interstate Commerce Clause...
June 17, 2019 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: DeSmog Blog, June 14, 2019) NEW YORK — On June 6, the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced that the company Energy Transport Solutions LLC had applied for a special permit to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) in...
June 14, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, June 11, 2019) CALGARY, Alberta — The provincial government has started talks with the private sector about Canadian oil producers taking over contracts signed by the previous NDP government, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said on Tuesday. The talks...
June 14, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train, UP
(Source: Salt Lake Tribune, June 13, 2019) VERNAL, Utah — A controversial rail proposal, which would connect the Uinta Basin’s waxy crude with Gulf Coast refiners, cleared a crucial milestone Thursday by securing a $21.4 million grant from a Utah panel that doles out...
June 14, 2019 | FRA, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Freight Waves, June 14, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A relative newcomer to the U.S. energy scene has received a preliminary nod from regulators to use an as-yet untapped transportation resource – rail tank cars – to move liquefied natural gas (LNG). When not...
June 6, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, June 5, 2019) CALGARY — Genscape says crude-by-rail shipments from Western Canada continued to rise in May after falling in February to a nine-month low. The U.S. company, which monitors western Canadian rail terminals handling about 80 per...
June 6, 2019 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, June 5, 2019) FORT WORTH, Texas — A set of south Fort Worth railroad tracks where a massive train derailment, ethanol spill and explosion occurred April 24 was underwater at the time the train came through, an official said. Full...
May 30, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, May 30, 2019) BISMARCK, N.D. — A state-run rail safety pilot program that supplements federal oversight of oil train traffic will continue for at least two more years and probably will be made permanent, North Dakota’s Republican Senate...
May 21, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: New Orleans Advocate, May 17, 2019) GRETNA, La. — Gretna elected officials have come out unanimously against a proposed oil-export terminal in Plaquemines Parish that would send train cars filled with crude oil through the heart of the city, calling the...
May 20, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Calgary Herald, May 17, 2019) CALGARY — Premier Jason Kenney’s new government will cancel $3.7 billion worth of oil-by-rail contracts entered into by former premier Rachel Notley’s NDP government just weeks prior to calling the election with CN Rail, CP Rail...
