March 20, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 19, 2019) Any notable increase in crude oil pipeline or rail capacity in Canada would need to come from major infrastructure projects since pipelines are at full capacity and rail infrastructure is operating at or near capacity,...
March 20, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, March 18, 2019) EDMONTON — The Alberta government has announced another easing of restrictions on oil production, saying the amount that can be produced will increase in May by 25,000 barrels per day and another 25,000 barrels per day in June....
March 18, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, March 14, 2019) OTTAWA — After initially refusing, Netflix has agreed to remove images of the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster from the film Bird Box. A spokesperson said in an email to The Canadian Press that the streaming company is sorry for...
March 18, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, March 17, 2019) CALGARY — ExxonMobil Corp. is delaying a C$2.6 billion ($1.9 billion) oil-sands project in Canada by at least a year as the nation’s energy industry grapples with a shortage of pipeline space and government-mandated production cuts....
March 15, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: DeSmog Blog, March 14, 2019) NEW YORK — Last year, Canada exported a record amount of tar sands oil to the U.S., despite low oil prices leading to major losses once again for the struggling tar sands industry. That achievement required a big bump in hauling...
March 14, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, March 13, 2019) CALGARY — Crude-by-rail shipments from Western Canada fell in February to the lowest level since May of last year, according to Genscape. The U.S. company, which monitors rail terminals handling about 80 per cent of typical...
March 12, 2019 | CP, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bow Valley Crag & Canyon, March 11, 2019) BANFF, Alberta — A section of the Bow Valley Parkway remains closed as the cleanup operation continues at the site of the train derailment in Banff National Park on February 28. Full story: Bow Valley Crag &...
March 12, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Toronto Star, March 11, 2019) TORONTO — Now that so much oil is being shipped by rail from Alberta to points south and west, the sight of a crumpled freight train on the banks of the Kicking Horse River high in the Rocky Mountains has taken on a new twist....
March 8, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, March 7, 2019) CALGARY — Oilsands producer MEG Energy says it has doubled its crude-by-rail shipments and will double them again to maximize prices in view of insufficient pipeline export capacity from Western Canada. Full story:...
March 6, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Spokesman-Review, March 5, 2019) SPOKANE, Wash. — Trains carrying crude oil through Spokane and the rest of the state to Washington refineries would have to keep it under lower pressure under a bill supporters say will reduce the chance of catastrophic...
