Tag: Rail
Stop oil by rail in our state, Oregon asks U.S. regulator
Oil by rail ban could impede interstate commerce: BNSF Railroad NEW YORK, June 16 (Reuters) – Oregon has called for federal regulators to ban oil by rail in the state, ramping up pressure for more stringent safety checks weeks after an oil train derailed near Portland, the first major oil-by-rail accident in a year. In a letter […]
Quarterly coal production lowest since the early 1980s
The decline in coal production and demand is not limited to any geographic region Coal production in first three months of 2016 was 173 million short tons (MMst), the lowest quarterly level in the US since a major coal strike in the second quarter of 1981. Among supply regions, coal production from the Powder River […]
Midwest shipping almost 600,000 b/d of ethanol by rail, half to East Coast
East Coast receives almost half of ethanol moved by rail In 2015, the ethanol share of gasoline was 9.9 per cent, and the biodiesel share of distillate was 2.4 per cent. Most ethanol and biodiesel is produced in the Midwest (PADD 2), where it is then shipped to other regions, according to the US Energy Information Administration. […]
Coal stockpiles at power plants rise, shippers reduce railcar loadings
Weekly coal railcar loadings averaged slightly more than 75,000 carloads, 35% below previous five-year average Coal stockpiles at electric generating facilities totaled 197 million tons at the end of 2015, the highest level since June 2012 and the highest year-end inventories in at least 25 years, according to the US Energy Information Administration. More than […]
Declining crude oil shipments by rail from Midwest to coastal regions
Midwest to Gulf Coast rail movements began dropping in 2nd half of 2013 as new/expanded pipeline capacity came online According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the movement of crude by rail within the United States, including within Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts (PADDs), reached a high of 928,000 b/d in Oct. 2014, with most of the shipments originating […]
Rail CEO says fossil fuels “probably dead”
Fossil fuels on decline due to environmental hurdles: Hunter Harrison MONTREAL _ People need to get their heads around the idea that fossil fuels are “probably dead,” the CEO of Canadian Pacific Railway said Wednesday. “I’m not maybe as green as I should be but I happen to think the climate is changing (and) they’re not […]
Rail continues to dominate coal shipments to the power sector
Cost to transport coal by rail to electric power plants increased 14% since 2008 US electric power generators consumed 740 million tons of coal in 2015, fueling about one-third of total electric power generation and accounting for 92 per cent of all coal consumed in the United States, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Nearly 70 per cent of […]
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