October 25, 2018 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Calgary Herald, October 24, 2018) CALGARY — Still smarting from last year’s grain backlog, Alberta farm groups say Premier Rachel Notley’s suggestion that the federal government invest in crude-by-rail capacity could make it even harder to get their crops to...
October 25, 2018 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, October 24, 2018) OTTAWA — Canada’s inability to get oil and gas to global markets has put the country in crisis and the federal government has an “obligation” to intervene by investing in oil by rail, says the head of an industry...
October 24, 2018 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Business in Vancouver, October 23, 2018) VANCOUVER, B.C. — The discount on Canadian crude oil hit a record last week – about US$50 per barrel – due in part to severe pipeline constraints that have forced more oil to move by rail. To address safety concerns...
October 23, 2018 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, October 23, 2018) CALGARY, Alberta — Alberta’s Premier Rachel Notley’s government is looking for ways to increase the volume of crude oil shipped out of Canada by rail amid a worsening pipeline bottleneck. Full story:...
October 23, 2018 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Columbian, October 22, 2018) VANCOUVER, Wash. — Making good on an earlier pledge, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, introduced legislation to reinstate safety regulations for oil trains. The Obama-era rules were rolled back by the Trump...
October 22, 2018 | CP, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, October 20, 2018) CALGARY — Boom times are back for at least one company in Canada’s oil heartland. Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. may match or exceed its record 2014 pace of 110,000 crude carloads next year as a pipeline crunch stokes demand for...
October 18, 2018 | FRA, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: DeSmog Blog, October 17, 2018) NEW YORK — While a second oil-by-rail boom is well underway in North America, both the U.S. and Canada are taking steps that ignore or undermine the lessons and regulatory measures to improve safety since the oil train...
October 16, 2018 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, October 16, 2018) SALT LAKE CITY — Promoters of a plan to build a 150-mile railroad that could possibly quintuple oil production in Utah and create 27,000 jobs are asking the state for help with the project’s $1.4 billion price tag. Full...
October 11, 2018 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Forbes, October 11, 2018) NEW YORK — The question resurfaced this week as news of increased crude oil transportation by rail crossed the border from Canada. Oil and gas is moving around our country, around pristine wilderness, around our cities and towns. Oil...
October 9, 2018 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Washington Post, October 8, 2018) MONTREAL — For years, Canadians have heard a common refrain: If a new pipeline doesn’t materialize to get their oil to market, the oil will just travel a different way — by rail. It’s a trade-off that can inspire fear in a...
