May 19, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Opinion column by Marcus Stern, New York Times, May 19, 2015) NEW YORK — The Obama administration recently issued new safety rules for oil trains, to take effect in October. But it didn’t do the one thing many independent petroleum engineers say could...
May 18, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bellingham Herald, may 17, 2015) BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Under a new state law signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday, May 14, large railroads will be required to plan with the state for “worst-case spills” from crude oil unit trains, but exactly what that...
May 18, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, May 15, 2015) NEW YORK — BNSF Railway Co this week told customers it had dropped a plan announced last year to buy 5,000 stronger crude oil tank cars after customers were concerned about the company moving into railcar ownership. Full story:...
May 14, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Sioux City Journal, May 14, 2015) SIOUX CITY, Iowa — BNSF Railway has cut in half the number of large oil trains traveling through Sioux City, according to a new report. Full story: Sioux City Journal
May 13, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, May 13, 2015) OMAHA, Neb. — BNSF Railway has told Nebraska regulators that it has decreased the number of trains carrying crude oil through Nebraska. Full story: Omaha World-Herald
May 13, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Hill, May 12, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The oil industry is suing to stop a number of provisions in a suite of oil-train transportation rules issued by the Obama administration. The American Petroleum Institute (API) said Tuesday that it filed the lawsuit...
May 12, 2015 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Underwriter, May 8, 2015) OTTAWA — A proposal to mandate insurance coverage of up to $1 billion for railway operators in Canada is in a federal government bill that was tabled Thursday for third reading in the House of Commons, the same day a...
May 12, 2015 | CP, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, May 8, 2015) MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court justice has authorized a class-action lawsuit almost two years after a train derailment and explosion killed 47 people in Lac-Megantic. But in his 30-page ruling, Justice Martin Bureau has given...
May 12, 2015 | CP, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, May 9, 2015) OTTAWA — A class-action lawsuit has been approved almost two years after a train derailment and explosion killed 47 people in Lac-Mégantic, Que. But the Quebec Superior Court justice’s ruling means it is far more limited in...
May 12, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, May 10, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Part of the federal government’s justification for keeping details about oil trains secret is literally hiding in the weeds on the South Dakota prairie. Itself hidden on page 255 of the U.S. Department...
