Sentences with phrase «crude oil train derailments»
No recent crude oil train derailments have been attributed to sun kinks.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/ Not exact matches
The derailment and explosions, which took place around 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, underscored a debate in the effort to transport North America's oil across long distances: is it safer and less environmentally destructive to move huge quantities of crude oil by train or by pipeline?
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.
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.
That was the case with several recent derailments involving trains carrying North Dakota Bakken shale crude oil exploding violently.
It was the latest in a series of North American derailments involving trains hauling crude oil, raising concerns about rail safety.
Today's Emergency Order, the fourth from DOT in less than a year, was issued in response to recent derailments involving trains carrying crude oil from the Bakken region and out of concerns over proper classification that are currently under investigation as part of Operation Classification, also known as the «Bakken Blitz.»
On August 29, 2013, the first - ever emergency session of the RSAC was held in response to the July 6, 2013 derailment of an unattended Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway freight train containing crude oil in Lac - Mégantic, Quebec, Canada.