February 11, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, February 9, 2019) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Oil imports by rail from Canada have hit a historic high, meaning more oil trains are rolling across Minnesota and raising the alert level of local emergency managers. Full story: Minneapolis...
February 11, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, February 11, 2019) CALGARY — Alberta’s effort to alleviate a crude glut through mandatory production curtailments may be backfiring, as Canadian heavy crude has become too expensive to ship by rail. Two months after the provincial government...
February 8, 2019 | CP, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CTV News, February 7, 2019) CALGARY — The deadly train derailment in the Rocky Mountains is raising questions about the Alberta government’s plan to ramp up rail shipments of crude oil. Full story: www.ctvnews.ca
February 8, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train, UP
(Source: Television station KGW8, January 7, 2019) SALEM, Ore. — For the first time since the 2016 fiery train derailment near Mosier, Oregon lawmakers are considering their first bill to regulate oil trains. HB 2209 is simple in its language. It would require...
January 31, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, January 30, 2019) OTTAWA, Ontario — Canada’s Parliament passed a motion Wednesday saying Netflix should compensate the people of Lac-Megantic, Quebec, for using footage of the 2013 rail disaster in the post-apocalyptic survival film “Bird...
January 30, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Columbian, January 29, 2019) COLUMBIA, Wash. — Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, has reintroduced a bill to reinstate oil train safety regulations. The rules, implemented by the Obama administration in 2015, were rolled back last year. The...
January 29, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canada’s National Observer, January 28, 2019) OTTAWA — A rail disaster like the Lac-Mégantic tragedy in 2013 could happen again, according to author Bruce Campbell. There are still many safety risks in transporting oil by rail, Campbell said in an interview...
January 29, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, January 24, 2019) NEW YORK — Heavy Canadian crude isn’t getting any cheaper — but that hasn’t stopped companies from splurging on costly rail shipments. Rail-car loadings hit a record 356,000 barrels a day in the week ended Jan. 11, up from a...
January 28, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: www.cbc.ca, January 25, 2019) CALGARY — In late November, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced that within “a few weeks” her government would unveil its plan to buy thousands of railcars to help transport the province’s oil to market....
January 25, 2019 | CN, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, January 24, 2019) SASKATOON, Sask. — The rail safety expert who helped police investigate the Lac-Mégantic train disaster wants the province of Saskatchewan and CN Rail to reassess the safety of a crossing where a train jumped the tracks and caught...
