Regional railroads, principally BNSF, are on board with dedicated 100 -
car oil trains, the principal way that Bakken oil reaches refineries.
Not exact matches
Train tracks and tanker
cars weren't built to accommodate
trains carrying loads of heavy crude
oil, making the
trains more likely to derail.
One of the largest accidental releases of
oil in Alberta's history isn't a burst pipeline and it doesn't involve a
train of tanker
cars derailing into a river.
The price gap between Canadian and world
oil prices has shrunk as more
oil has been loaded on to
train cars and smaller pipeline projects in the US have helped siphon off the backlog of crude piling up in the Midwest.
Keith Stewart, a climate and energy campaigner with Greenpeace Canada who has examined the increased use of
oil trains, criticized railways in Canada and the United States for continuing to use older
oil tank
cars that he said were found to be unsafe more than 20 years ago.
Continuing his efforts to make sure that «
oil trains» passing through Buffalo and other New York communities do not derail and explode, US Sen. Chuck Schumer called on the federal government to require the
oil in those tanker
cars be made less volatile before it is shipped.
State and federal inspectors have completed a second round of safety checks of
train tracks and
oil tanker
cars in an effort to prevent derailments and spills of volatile crude from North Dakota's Bakken region.
Traffic backs up on N. Ferry St. as a
train moving
oil tank
cars passes Friday Nov. 21, 2014, in Albany, NY.
December 2013, West Nyack A
train carrying empty
oil tanker
cars collided with a truck at an at - grade crossing in West Nyack, Rockland County.
Freshman Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik shares Senator Schumer's concern about
oil trains, including his mantra to build stronger
cars, but she believes in other ways to reduce the reliance on
oil trains to move Bakken crude.
With more
oil being shipped via
train from the Bakken region in North Dakota and adjacent Canada to the East Coast, and more accidents involving those tanker
cars, safety concerns have been growing.
An
oil train that derailed and erupted in flames in West Virginia on Monday was hauling newer model tank
cars, not older versions widely criticized for being prone to puncture, the maker said
NEW YORK, Feb 18 (Reuters)- Tank
cars from a derailed
oil train were still on fire in West Virginia on Wednesday, two days after an explosive accident in which 25
cars went off the rails, a CSX Corp spokeswoman said.
Tank
cars from a derailed
oil train were still on fire in West Virginia on Wednesday, two days after an explosive accident in which 25
cars went off the rails, a CSX Corp spokeswoman said
All of the
oil tank
cars on the 109 -
car train were CPC 1232 models, CSX said late Monday.
From the Reuters news report: A 90 -
car train carrying crude
oil derailed and exploded in western Alabama in the early hours of Friday morning, spilling
oil and leaving eleven
cars burning in the rural area.
For instance, «Air pollution and greenhouse gas costs of moving a fully loaded 100 -
car train of crude
oil from North Dakota to the Gulf Coast are about $ 150,000 and from North Dakota to the East Coast are $ 210,000.
But since Crestwood Midstream Partners»
oil loading facility was built three years ago, long
oil trains dominate the tracks rather than grain hopper
cars.
There are 11 expanding or proposed Northwest coast ports and refineries which could accept up to 800,000 barrels a day of
oil — about 11 100 -
car trains arriving daily.
Those electric
cars — combined with improvements in the fuel efficiency of existing internal combustion engines, new hybrid power
trains and even fuel - cell vehicles — could begin to reduce the roughly $ 1 billion a day the U.S. spends on imported
oil.
The
train had 94
cars containing crude
oil.
Effective immediately, the Emergency Order (Docket Number DOT - OST -2014-0067), requires that each railroad operating
trains containing more than 1,000,000 gallons of Bakken crude
oil, or approximately 35 tank
cars, in a particular state to provide the SERC notification regarding the expected movement of such
trains through the counties in that state.
As a SAP you represent the major decision point (and in some cases the only decision point) an employer may have in choosing whether or not to place an employee behind the steering wheel of a school bus, in the cockpit of a plane, at the helm of an
oil tanker, at the throttle of a
train, in the engineer compartment of a subway
car, or at the emergency control valves of a natural gas pipeline.
This comprehensive approach includes immediate and long - term steps such as: launching «Operation Classification» in the Bakken region to verify that crude
oil is being properly classified; issuing safety advisories, alerts, emergency orders and regulatory updates; conducting special inspections; moving forward with a rulemaking to enhance tank
car standards; and reaching agreement with railroad companies on a series of immediate voluntary actions they can take by reducing speeds, increasing inspections, using new brake technology and investing in first responder
training.
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car repair needs: from
oil changes to transmission servicing and everything in between.
Additionally, their
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From
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train repairs, our
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One such disaster was the July 5 inferno that devastated the small Quebec town of Lac - Mégantic after an unmanned
train with 72 tank
cars carrying crude
oil derailed and exploded, killing at least 42 people.
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.
Dozens Flee Homes After Fuel
Train Cars Derail, Explode West of Edmonton Posted: 19 Oct 2013 09:57 AM PDT (CBC News) A CN Rail train carrying liquefied petroleum gas and crude oil has derailed and exploded about 80 kilometres west of Edmonton, prompting an evacuation in the tiny community of Gain
Train Cars Derail, Explode West of Edmonton Posted: 19 Oct 2013 09:57 AM PDT (CBC News) A CN Rail
train carrying liquefied petroleum gas and crude oil has derailed and exploded about 80 kilometres west of Edmonton, prompting an evacuation in the tiny community of Gain
train carrying liquefied petroleum gas and crude
oil has derailed and exploded about 80 kilometres west of Edmonton, prompting an evacuation in the tiny community of Gainford.
However, the climate benefits of shifting from fossil - fueled transportation to electric
cars, trucks, buses and
trains only pencil out if our electricity itself is clean — that it's produced through carbon - free resources such as solar, wind, and hydroelectric, rather than fossil fuels such as coal,
oil or fracked gas.
RBN Energy, an
oil industry consulting firm in Houston, recently reported that at least seven unit
train loading terminals could be operating in Alberta by 2016, with capacity to haul away 550,000 barrels per day on tank
cars.
Boats, planes, freight
trains and trucks, construction, mining and agricultural machines, most
cars and light trucks with spirit and muscle (i.e., hot V - 8's), motorcycles, motorhomes, snowmobiles, ATV's, all military vehicles, go - carts, golf course and sports field grass mowers, etc will always require and use liquid fossils fuels becasue these fuels have HIGH ENERGY DENSITY and are easily prepared from readily recoverable crude
oil, which exits abundantly free in Nature, by fractional distillation and blending low energy processes that do not require the breaking of chemical bonds.
A 73 -
car train transporting crude
oil derailed and exploded Saturday, killing at least 13 people in Quebec.
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