Tag: Bakken Crude
Dakota Access Pipeline shifts Bakken crude from East Coast to Gulf Coast refineries
Dakota Access Pipeline cheaper shipping tool for Bakken producers The completion of the Dakota Access Pipeline in mid-May could force East Coast refineries who have been using Bakken crude shipped by rail to use foreign, waterborne crude. In a sign that the Dakota Access Pipeline is shifting trade flows, Philadelphia Energy Solutions Inc, the largest refiner on […]
Montana railroad safety lacking amid Bakken oil train traffic increase
No active Montana railroad safety plan HELENA, Mont. _ Oversight of Montana railroad safety falls short at a time when volatile crude oil train traffic from the Bakken region, already high, is only expected to increase, a new audit found. Montana has no active rail safety plan and employs only two inspectors to cover the […]
Fiery West Virginia oil train derailment caused by broken rail missed on 2 inspections
West Virginia oil train carrying 3 million gallons of Bakken crude MONTGOMERY, W.Va. – A fiery oil train derailment in southern West Virginia last February resulted from a broken rail that started with a crack that should have been detected but was missed in two inspections, federal investigators said Friday. A CSX train was carrying 3 million […]
CP Rail withdraws objection to Lac Megantic victims’ fund
Much of the downtown of Lac Megantic destroyed by runaway oil train in 2013 PORTLAND, Maine – A Canadian railroad is withdrawing its objection to a $338 million fund for victims of an oil train derailment that killed 47 people in a small town in Quebec, removing the final obstacle to the settlement’s final approval. A Canadian […]
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