May 16, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bismarck Tribune, May 15, 2019) BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota oil and gas production saw robust increases in March but fell shy of the state’s oil record, the state’s top oil regulator said Wednesday. Meanwhile, natural gas production jumped 6.5% in March to...
May 15, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Opinion column by Shawn Vestal published in the Spokesman-Review, May 15, 2019) SPOKANE, Wash. — Washington’s new law to establish safer standards on the highly flammable oil trains that pass regularly through Spokane – past hospitals, a high school, a...
May 15, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Spectrum News, May 14, 2019) BEXAR COUNTY, Texas — A second worker has died following a rail car fire at the Alamo Junction Rail Park on May 10. A man was cleaning crude oil inside the rail car when something caused the residue to spark and ignite a fire....
May 14, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, May 10, 2019) HOUSTON — Investor Drexel Hamilton Infrastructure Partners LP and rail operator Rio Grande Pacific Corp. on Friday disclosed plans to build a $1.5 billion rail line that would transport heavy crude from Utah to connections to the U.S....
May 13, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, May 12, 2019) BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota is preparing to sue Washington state over a new Washington law requiring oil shipped by rail through that state to have more of its volatile gases removed, which supporters say would reduce the...
May 10, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bismarck Tribune, May 9, 2019) BISMARCK, N.D. — The governor of Washington state signed a bill Thursday with new requirements for Bakken crude oil shipped by rail, setting up a likely legal battle with North Dakota. The bill requires Washington refineries and...
May 9, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Salt Lake Tribune, May 8, 2019) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Five years ago, Utah state transportation planners studied building a railway for shipping Uinta Basin crude oil via Indian Canyon to the Union Pacific line in Price Canyon, but abandoned the idea as too...
May 9, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Calgary Herald, May 8, 2019) CALGARY — The Alberta government could have to pay for unused capacity if it goes ahead with Premier Jason Kenney’s pledge to cancel $3.7-billion worth of crude-by-rail contracts, but the head of Canada’s largest railway said...
May 2, 2019 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Freight Waves, May 1, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — As state legislatures react to the growing volumes of crude oil being transported by rail in the Pacific Northwest, their responses will continue to bump up against the freight railroads’ federally mandated...
May 2, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, May 1, 2019) BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota officials are pressuring the state of Washington to back off from legislation requiring oil shipped by rail to have more of its volatile gases removed, urging the governor to veto the bill and...
