March 19, 2018 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: DeSmog Blog, March 18, 2018) NEW YORK — The Motley Fool has been advising investors on “How to Profit From the Re-Emergence of Canada’s Crude-by-Rail Strategy.” But what makes transporting Canadian crude oil by rail attractive to investors? According to the...
March 13, 2018 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: www.northjersey.com, March 12, 2018) BERGEN COUNTY, N.Y. — The New Jersey Senate Transportation Committee approved an oil train transparency bill on Monday, reviving an effort that had been stymied by former Gov. Chris Christie. The legislation, S-1883, would...
March 9, 2018 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Platts, March 8, 2018) HOUSTON — Western Canadian heavy crude differentials have another hurdle to overcome before an expected rebound later this year: higher crude-by-rail exports seen late last year are not expected to have carried over into January and...
March 8, 2018 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, March 5, 2018) CALGARY — The International Energy Agency says crude-by-rail shipments in Canada are expected to more than double over the next two years, as a lack of pipeline capacity forces producers to look to alternatives. Full story:...
March 6, 2018 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, March 5, 2018) OTTAWA — Crude-by-rail shipments could more than double over the next two years from historic highs as a lack of pipeline capacity forces producers to look to alternatives, said the International Energy Agency Monday. Full...
March 5, 2018 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Television station KEPR, March 2, 2018) PASCO, Wash. — The Washington State Department of Ecology approved the first oil spill response plan from a railroad company this week. Full story: www.keprtv.com
February 28, 2018 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, February 27, 2018) VANCOUVER, Wash. — A project to build a massive oil-by-rail terminal in southwest Washington officially ended Tuesday when the project’s developers and the Port of Vancouver terminated a lease for a site along the...
February 22, 2018 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Baltimore Sun, February 21, 2018) BALTIMORE, Md. — Environmental groups plan to rally in front of Baltimore City Hall on Wednesday as the City Council takes up a bill that would ban the construction of crude oil terminals as part of an ongoing effort to limit...
February 21, 2018 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, February 20, 2018) MONTREAL — New Brunswick Southern Railway postponed entering pleas Tuesday on 24 charges of violating the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act. Prosecutors say the charges arose from a Transport Canada investigation that was...
February 20, 2018 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, February 16, 2018) MONTREAL — Quebec’s Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions (DPCP) will not appeal the not-guilty verdicts reached by the jury in the trial of three former Montreal, Maine and Atlantic rail workers for their role in the...