Not exact matches
Crude - by - rail
shipments are expected to ramp up in the second half of this year and into the first half of next year to «very material volumes of oil,» Pourbaix said, adding price discounts will improve but will likely remain higher
than usual because rail costs more
than pipeline transport.
Speaking in New York in May, Mr. Harper emphasized that the rejection of the Keystone XL
pipeline would lead to an increase in oil sands
shipments by rail, which he called «more environmentally challenging»
than pipelines.
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.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) oversees the safety of more
than 800,000 daily
shipments of hazardous materials in the United States and 64 percent of the nation's energy that is transported by
pipelines.