Sentences with phrase «more heavy crude oil»

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Train tracks and tanker cars weren't built to accommodate trains carrying loads of heavy crude oil, making the trains more likely to derail.

So is scrutiny of ExxonMobil and the U.S. pipeline authority, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA): the ruptured pipeline had been installed in the late 1940s, and ran through a densely populated area, yet it was transporting heavy crude, which might be more hazardous than regular oil.

With much of the world's accessible, light crude of this sort now exhausted, more and more of the oil we consume comes from heavy grades (the so - called bitumen derived from oilsands being among the heaviest) that require more refining and therefore entail higher emissions and other undesirable byproducts.

That would place further constraints on oil producers that have already faced steep discounts on their heavy crude as Canada's pipeline system nears capacity, forcing more barrels to move by rail.

Oil well operators used more than 80 billion gallons of water in California last year in «enhanced» oil recovery techniques such as steam injection and water flooding, which help bring heavier, thicker crude to the surfaOil well operators used more than 80 billion gallons of water in California last year in «enhanced» oil recovery techniques such as steam injection and water flooding, which help bring heavier, thicker crude to the surfaoil recovery techniques such as steam injection and water flooding, which help bring heavier, thicker crude to the surface.

More than 20,000 barrels of heavy Canadian crude oil gushed into the Kalamazoo River system after multiple small corrosion - fatigue cracks caused the rupture of Line 6B in July 2010, the largest onshore oil spill in U.S. history.

Nathan says high prices have made it increasingly economically viable to extract more unconventional forms of oil, in particular the asphaltlike tar sands (also known as oil sand, or extremely heavy crude oil) plentiful in northern Alberta, Canada.

Further, noting that mined natural resources, such as crude oil, may have widely variable chemical compositions and properties, the Safety Alert noted that crude oil being transported from the Bakken region of North Dakota may be more flammable than traditional heavy crude oil.

Neither personality addressed the fact that the Keystone XL pipeline is specifically designed to transport heavy crude to refineries and export - bound oil tankers on the Gulf Coast, precisely the scenario that could lead to more spills like the one unfolding in Galveston Bay.

It's known as the Keystone XL and it could pump millions more barrels of heavy crude from Alberta, Canada's oil sands mines to refineries along the U.S. Gulf Coast if the federal government greenlights it.

The hidden, long - term effects of the 2010 pipeline accident that spilled more than a million gallons of heavy Canadian crude oil into Michigan's Kalamazoo River became public last week when the EPA revealed that large amounts of oil are still accumulating in three areas of the river.

The oil extracted is a thick, sticky form of crude known as bitumen, which emits more carbon than conventional oil when burned and the mining itself has a heavy environmental footprint, heavily opposed by climate and environmental activists.

The NAS study deals a blow to one central safety argument made by opponents of the $ 5.3 billion Keystone XL link — that the heavier chemical components of so - called diluted bitumen make it more dangerous to ship — but made no attempt to address critics» second and more prominent concern, that a leak of oil sands crude would pose unique challenges during cleanup as well as unique risks to marine environments.