September 2, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, September 1, 2016) OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington’s Department of Ecology has adopted a new rule requiring that railroads shipping oil through the state demonstrate that they can immediately respond to any spills. Full story:...
September 1, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, August 26, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Kentucky oil train terminal illustrates a persistent gap between the risks posed by increasing volumes of crude oil moving by rail and the training available to local first responders specifically...
September 1, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, September 1, 2016) NEW YORK — Ferrellgas Partners LP has quietly shed a five-year contract at a Philadelphia-area crude rail terminal just a year after it obtained it through a deal that gave the propane company its first foothold in the oil...
August 31, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 26, 2016) Starting Oct. 1, facilities in Washington state that receive crude oil by rail will be required to notify the state’s Department of Ecology in advance of deliveries, according to a new state requirement. Full...
August 17, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Petroleum Economist, August 16, 2016) LONDON — U.S. shipments of crude by rail have almost halved this year due to the narrowing spread between domestic and international crude prices, new pipelines and declining oil production in the Midwest and Gulf Coast....
August 17, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Forum News Service, August 16, 2016) SPOKANE, Wash. — A city in eastern Washington has backed down from a proposal to fine railroad companies for hauling crude oil and coal through town, a move that was welcomed by a group representing North Dakota’s oil...
August 16, 2016 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Television station KXLY, August 15, 2016) SPOKANE, Wash. — While the Spokane city council may be falling back on putting pressure against coal and oil trains passing through the Lilac City headed for west coast ports and refineries, Burlington Northern Santa...
August 16, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 15, 2016) A coalition of shippers late last week petitioned the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to adopt rules that would reinforce its authority to set uniform national tank car standards. Full story: Progressive...
August 16, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Columbian, August 15, 2016) COLUMBIA, Wash. — U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., convened a hearing on Monday in Seattle with U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to discuss the increase in crude oil traveling through the state of Washington....
August 11, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train, UP
(Source: Radio station KPLU, August 10, 2016) SEATTLE — Oil that spilled from a derailed train in the Columbia River Gorge in June contaminated nearby groundwater. Starting in the next week, Union Pacific Railroad will be working with Oregon’s Department of...
