Sentences with phrase «rail transportation oil»

Not exact matches

As the North American oil transportation system continues to evolve, with new pipelines, reversals of existing lines and a growing role for oil - by - rail, what is clear is that the North American oil market will eventually settle into a new era of pricing relationships which will be very different than those which prevailed prior to 2008.

CALGARY, Alberta, May 2 - Alberta will hold talks with rail operators and oil producers aimed at smoothing the path to get more crude moving by rail to market amid a transportation bottleneck in the Western Canadian province, Alberta's energy minister said on Wednesday.

Oil transportation by rail has grown astronomically, to about 140,000 carloads of crude in 2013 from 500 carloads in 2009, according to the Railway Association of Canada.

If you're in the oil transportation business, these are negative impacts, whether you move oil by rail or by pipeline.

Weeks later, a FirstEnergy Capital report still clung to the idea that ramped - up rail transportation, new heavy - oil refining capacity in the U.S. Midwest and the easing of the storage glut in Cushing, Okla., would keep this monster on a leash.

The memo, obtained by the federal Liberals, discussed economic factors surrounding the transportation of oil by rail, but didn't flag any safety concerns.

Since the July 2013 Lac - Megantic fatal train disaster and other recent incidents involving oil by rail, Transport Canada has faced questions about whether it adequately addressed safety oversight concerns surrounding the transportation of dangerous cargo, which were repeatedly raised in internal audits.

In order to sidestep this pipeline capacity issue, Canadian oil producers have substantially increased transportation by rail, reaching a near high of 106,704 barrels per day in December 2015.

Canadian oil and gas companies and investors continue to face opposition on pipeline construction, reducing the ability to get petroleum products to market and reduce reliance on transportation by rail.

Alberta farmers have difficulties getting their products to market by rail, and now without pipeline construct will continue to compete with oil and gas companies for rail transportation.

Our energy transportation activities include onshore crude oil and natural gas pipelines, offshore pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico, and crude by rail, while we also operate a growing power transmission business.

Critics of crude oil transportation by rail are in pro-active mode when it comes to disaster preparedness.

He said the pipeline would not reduce the controversial shipment of Bakken oil by rail or barge, adding that statistics from the Federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration showed that pipelines had a higher spill rate per mile than any other form of oil transportation.

In light of the March 7 CSX train derailment in Newburgh, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli wrote to U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao requesting that she consider additional safety measures to reduce risks and protect New Yorkers from the transport of crude oil and any hazardous materials by rail.

The Keene town board adopted a resolution of the board last Monday evening calling on the U.S. Department of Transportation, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the NY DOT and the NY DEC to impose a moratorium on transport of Bakken Crude Oil by rail from Montreal to Albany, until a comprehensive study determines the public health, safety, economic and environmental impacts of a derailment.

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday issued new proposed rules on tankers transporting oil including quickly phasing out the use of old DOT - 111 rail cars for moving crude oil and other hazardous liquids.

«Other options like rail or truck are not feasible for the transportation of large quantities,» said Elizabeth Shope, anti — tar sands advocate with environmental group the Natural Resources Defense Council, in a conference call with reporters, noting that such alternative transportation more than triples the cost of moving tar sands oil.

Pilot testing will begin in January 2015 and will initially focus on the safety of crude oil transportation by rail.

Specifically, this rulemaking will assess the merits of a petition for rulemaking submitted by the Attorney General of the State of New York regarding vapor pressure standards for the transportation of crude oil to implement a RVP limit of 9.0 pounds per square inch (psi), for crude oil transported by rail.

Effective immediately, those who offer crude oil for transportation by rail must ensure that the product is properly tested and classified in accordance with federal safety regulations.

This point of contact must be communicated in the notice to the SERCs so that a jurisdiction may contact the railroad to obtain information regarding the transportation of large quantities of Bakken crude oil via rail.

Pipeline construction could continue to accelerate beyond the Keystone XL with concerns around the safety of continue to grow rail based oil transportation.

What are your thoughts on the Keystone XL pipeline and a shift away from rail transportation of oil?

The Transportation Safety Board is expected to announce Wednesday details of its concerns about current practices for testing, regulating and shipping by rail large volumes of light and flammable oil from the Bakken region of North Dakota.

Kunz laid out a pretty convincing case for high speed rail as the solution for a number of problems facing American transportation, including outdated infrastructure, peak oil (or «energy independence,» depending how you look at it), out of control carbon emissions, and more.

Electrifying transportation: Plug - in hybrid vehicles and rail — Running cars and trains on cheap green electricity can free us from dependence on oil and help to stabilize climate.

Designed for future implementation in California's Silicon Valley, with rails extending throughout the valley, the system maintains some of what we love most about cars — a private, comfortable way to get from Point A to Point B — while also solving some of the issues associated with car - based transportation — skyrocketing oil use, global warming emissions, a lack of safety, and traffic.

Since 2010, transportation of crude oil by rail in North America has grown significantly from 23.8 million barrels to 318.8 million barrels in 2015.

If these global - warmists are are serious about saving the Earth wouldn't they want the safest new pipelines possible and stop oil transportation by rail.

We have taken the early lead in issues such as crude - oil transportation by rail and white - nose syndrome, both of which have become subjects of national focus and concern.

In a good review of the context of how rail transportation is a part of the Keystone XL debate, Ian Austen at The New York Times notes that there is a lack of safety regulations and inspections on oil shipments: