April 9, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: S&P Global Platts, April 8, 2019) HOUSTON — US thermal coal exports are expected to fall as much as 12% in 2019 and 25% in 2020 given the declining Northern European delivered price, which will put pressure on the US utility and lower-grade US...
April 9, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: DeSmog Blog, April 5, 2019) NEW YORK — In an attempt to reduce the risk of fiery oil train accidents, the state of Washington is working to pass a bill that would limit the vapor pressure of oil on trains to below 9 pounds per square inch (psi). Vapor...
April 2, 2019 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Daily News, April 2, 2019) LONGVIEW, Wash. — In yet another blow to the proposed Longview coal export terminal, a federal judge Monday ruled that the state of Washington did not violate the foreign commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution when it denied...
April 2, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, April 1, 2019) CALGARY — The Alberta government and oil transportation companies are pressing ahead with plans to move 120,000 barrels per day of crude by rail, ignoring threats to quash the deals from the man tipped to become the province’s next...
April 2, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, April 1, 2019) BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota’s oil regulator is planning to sue the state of Washington if it goes ahead with a proposal to reduce the volatility of Bakken crude oil transported by rail, saying it is not supported by science...
March 29, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Sightline Institute, March 28, 2019) SEATTLE, Wash. — In June 2016, an oil train derailed on the outskirts of Mosier, Oregon causing mass evacuations from the town and nearly dumping more than 40,000 gallons of crude oil into the Columbia River. By sheer luck...
March 27, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, March 26, 2019) CALGARY — Canadian crude producer Imperial Oil has recently resumed shipping crude oil by rail from its terminal in Edmonton, Alberta, because of a marginal improvement in rail economics, a company spokesman said on Tuesday. Full...
March 27, 2019 | Headlines, KCS, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, March 26, 2019) MEXICO CITY — The Mexican subsidiary of U.S. railroad operator Kansas City Southern expects its gasoline transport business to grow at least 15 percent by volume this year, and possibly much more, a senior executive said on Tuesday....
March 26, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, March 21, 2019) ALBANY, N.Y. — A rail disaster in Quebec in 2013 touched off international concern about the safety of so-called “oil trains” that haul crude from oil fields to refineries and ports across North...
March 25, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: S&P Global Platts, March 22, 2019) NEW YORK — Canadian crude-by-rail exports fell for the first time in 11 months in January as government-mandated production cuts took effect and differentials rose to levels that made rail shipments uneconomical. Full...
