August 4, 2021 | Headlines, Oil Train, Railroad Security
(Source: Associated Press, August 3, 2021) WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. — A Bellingham woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to a terrorist attack and violence against Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway in northwestern Washington. Full story:...
August 3, 2021 | Headlines, Oil Train, Railroad Security
(Source: Associated Press, August 2, 2021) BELLINGHAM, Wash. — A Bellingham woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to a terrorist attack and violence against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway in northwestern Washington that investigators have suggested was...
May 10, 2021 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Dickinson Press, May 6, 2021) BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota Legislature’s decision not to make permanent a railroad inspection program that has identified thousands of train and track defects in the last six years remains a rub for state regulators...
March 23, 2021 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Raw Story, March 20, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden could reverse the Trump Administration’s approval of a rule that would allow trains to carry liquefied natural gas. Also, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said during his confirmation...
March 9, 2021 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, March 7, 2021) OTTAWA — The fierce debate over cross-border pipelines is putting more Canadian oil and gas on trains destined for the United States — a country experts fear is ill-equipped for the potential consequences. Full story:...
March 3, 2021 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 2, 2021) Canadian crude-by-rail exports fell nearly 40% in 2020, averaging 172,013 barrels per day (b/d) compared with 280,272 b/d in 2019, according to the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). Full story: Progressive...
March 1, 2021 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, February 24, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline is sparking renewed interest in shipping Canadian oil-sands crude by rail, and that comes with its own environmental risks. Without...
February 16, 2021 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Freight Waves, February 15, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — President Joe Biden’s revocation of the March 2019 permit enabling the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline will likely result in more crude-by-rail volumes, according to industry observers. But how...
February 11, 2021 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: S&P Global Platts, February 9, 2021) NEW YORK — Cenovus Energy resumed crude-by-rail shipments in the fourth quarter of 2020 as market conditions improved for moving Western Canadian Select crude from Alberta to refineries in the US and Canada, the...
February 10, 2021 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Calgary Herald, February 10, 2021) CALGARY — As Canadian oilsands production has rebounded and even climbed above pre-pandemic levels, another area of the industry is also picking up steam: crude-by-rail shipments. Full story: Calgary...
