February 2, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 2, 2016) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — The nation’s rails have been carrying fewer loads recently, led by sharp declines in trains hauling coal, crude oil and other energy products, due to an unusually warm winter season and persistently...
February 1, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, January 31, 2016) MONTREAL — Trains passing through the town of Lac-Mégantic, Que., won’t carry crude oil until next year, Transport Minister Marc Garneau has confirmed. Full story: CBC News
January 29, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Baltimore Sun, January 29, 2016) BALTIMORE, Md. — Baltimore City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young is seeking a study of the health and safety risks of transporting crude oil by train through Baltimore. Full story: Baltimore...
January 29, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, January 28, 2016) NEW YORK — Shipments of crude oil by railroad into California plummeted by 69 percent in 2015 amid the price collapse in oil and the shrinking difference in international and U.S. prices. Full story:...
January 29, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, January 28, 2016) HOUSTON — Global Partners LP has laid off 8 percent of its work force and aims to handle only ethanol, not crude, at its rail terminal in Oregon in response to the nearly 70 percent plunge in oil prices since mid-2014, the company...
January 28, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, January 26, 2016) HOUSTON — County planners want to squash Phillips 66’s proposal to transport heavy crude by rail to one of its California refineries, saying it is too risky to public health and the environment. Full story:...
January 27, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Sacramento Bee, January 26, 2016) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two controversial plans to bring half-mile-long trains carrying crude oil through California, including Sacramento, face key votes in the next two weeks. Full story: Sacramento Bee
January 25, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, January 25, 2016) NEW YORK — In 2012, Plains All American bought a shuttered Virginia refinery for $300 million to use as a terminal and storage hub, betting that East Coast refiners would need to look beyond their own rail yards to satisfy their...
January 21, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train, Operation Lifesaver
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, January 19, 2016) NEW YORK — Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has introduced a jobs bill that would invest $1.4 billion in infrastructure projects statewide, creating an estimated 39,900 Minnesota jobs. Full story: Railway Track...
January 18, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: News & Advance, January 12, 2016) LYNCHBURG, Va. — Bakken crude oil shipments by rail have fallen with oil prices, but danger along Virginia’s rails has not gone away, members of the Railroad Safety and Security Task Force said. Full story: News &...
