August 20, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bemidij Pioneer, August 19, 2020) LARIMORE, N.D. — Hundreds gathered at the baseball field here on August 18 to say goodbye to their hometown hero and Larimore firefighter Geoff Andersen. His casket draped in the quilt his mom made him when he first joined...
August 19, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, August 18, 2020) HARRISBURG, Pa. — A coalition of six environmental advocacy groups asked a federal judge on Tuesday to block a new Trump administration rule to allow rail shipments of liquefied natural gas, a new front in the movement of...
August 5, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Salt Lake Tribune, August 5, 2020) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Utah officials violated federal law last year when they awarded nearly $28 million in grants to plan and develop a railway that oil-producing counties have proposed to connect with the national rail...
August 4, 2020 | CN, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, July 30, 2020) TORONTO — A freight-train derailment in northwestern Ontario that led to a significant oil spill this winter was caused by a phenomenon known as “ice jacking,” federal investigators reported on Thursday. Full story:...
August 4, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: S&P Global Platts, August 3, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Crude-by-rail shipments from the US Midwest to the West Coast declined further in May to 103,000 b/d, down 33% from April and the lowest level since August, amid lower refining runs and plunging North...
July 30, 2020 | CN, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: TB News Watch, July 29, 2020) EMO, Ontario — A buildup of ice on the tracks is said to have caused the Canadian National Railway train derailment outside of Emo, Ont. early last year. A report by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada has been released and...
July 29, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, July 28, 2020) WINNIPEG, Manitoba — After moving record-large Canadian oil volumes by rail just five months ago, shippers have hit the brakes, idling thousands of cars and tens of millions of dollars’ worth of infrastructure. Full story:...
July 28, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Kallanish Energy, July 28, 2020) HOUSTON — The Trump administration has published a new rule that authorizes the bulk movement of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by rail, and that has resulted in two environmental groups announcing that they intend to sue because...
July 23, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, July 22, 2020) CALGARY — Canadian exports of crude by rail plunged by 63 per cent in May compared with April as North American fuel demand dropped due to measures taken to control the COVID-19 pandemic. Full story:...
July 21, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Rabble.ca, July 20, 2020) TORONTO — In the midst of global upheaval, recent oil spills in Canada have received little attention. These spills occurred as governments, both federal and provincial — notably Alberta and Ontario (which later reversed the...
