January 16, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, January 15, 2019) MONTREAL — A day after learning that a science-fiction show on Netflix used actual footage of the Lac-Megantic rail disaster, the mayor of the Quebec town said she believes images of the tragedy were used in a second Netflix...
January 15, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Calgary Herald, January 14, 2019) CALGARY — Premier Rachel Notley urged the federal government “to step up” and help Alberta’s energy industry get its product to market during a news conference in Calgary on Monday. Full story: Calgary...
January 11, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train, Technology
(Source: Regulatory Review opinion column by Mark Nakahara, January 10, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 2013, a runaway crude oil train derailed and exploded in the center of Lac-Megantic, Quebec, killing 47 people. Similar derailments of crude oil trains occurred in...
January 9, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Ars Technica, January 8, 2019) NEW YORK — The Canada National Railway Company (CN) has spent years developing a product called CanaPux, in which thick bitumen crude oil from Canada’s oil sands is mixed with a polymer to become a solid puck that can be...
January 9, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: www.oilprice.com, January 8, 2019) SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Canadian crude oil hit the highest price level in more than a year on growth in oil-by-rail shipments, Bloomberg reports based on data about price movements for the commodity it had compiled. Full...
January 8, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Global News, January 8, 2019) CALGARY — Canadian crude oil exports by rail have skyrocketed to record levels, raising safety concerns amid the boom. In October 2017, Canada exported 137,178 barrels per day, according to National Energy Board statistics. By...
January 7, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: www.rt.com, January 2, 2019) Western Canada is producing 365,000 bpd more crude oil that current pipeline capacity can handle, a new report from the National Energy Board has revealed. According to the authority, as of September, Western Canada produced a...
January 4, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Forum News Service, December 29, 2018) CASSELTON, N.D. — Minutes after it rumbled through town on a frigid December afternoon, a westbound train laden with grain broke an axle, tossing grain cars into a jumble. A short time later an eastbound train, loaded...
January 4, 2019 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: S&P Global Platts, January 3, 2019) HOUSTON — California crude imports by rail in 2018 rebounded from the year prior and are nearing levels not seen since the initial crude-by-rail heyday of 2013-14, according to the latest figures from the state...
January 4, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Set: Kallanish Energy, December 28, 2018) NEW YORK — Canada set another record in October for rail shipments of crude oil for export, Kallanish Energy reports. The volume transported by rail for export reached more than 10.14 million barrels (Mmbbl), according to...
