Sentences with phrase «oil via rail»

One of the arguments used by supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline is that pipelines are safer than transporting the oil via the rail roads, as is currently being done.

UPDATE: This is a great recap of the Lac - Mégantic explosion and at 9:45 they discuss the dangers of shipping oil via rail.

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.

Different estimates have put the chance of accidents moving oil via rail at between three and 34 times that of pipeline transport.

Not exact matches

If I take Keystone XL out of the mix, in my toy model, I haven't impacted the cost of the marginal barrel of oil sands because I haven't changed the cost of a barrel shipped by rail, I've simply reduced the profit on the barrels which would be shipped via KXL by forcing them to be shipped to market in a more expensive way.

With so much of this oil crossing the United States via pipeline and rail, there is considerable risk of spills and it is not right that they are able to avoid these oil spill liability trust fund fees.

Following the recent disaster in Lac - Mégantic, Quebec, in which a train carrying oil derailed and exploded killing 50 people rekindled the debate over whether we should be shipping oil via pipelines or rail.