Sentences with phrase «volatile than crude oil»

Near customers, because gasoline is much more volatile than crude oil; you don't want to transport it far or in large quantities if you can avoid it.

Not exact matches

The intensity of the explosions and fires at Lac - Mégantic, he said, came as a «big surprise» to him and other researchers, given that the tank cars had been carrying crude oil, rather than a more volatile form like gasoline.

Crude oil prices have been more volatile this year than at any time since the financial crisis of 2008/09 and before that 1991, according to standard measures of price variability.

Bakken crude oil was found to be more volatile than oil extracted elsewhere, forcing the USDOT to issue an emergency order on May 7 requiring all railroads carrying Bakken crude oil to notify state emergency responders about the operations of those trains in their states.

The North America oil industry is experiencing explosive growth, with transport of volatile crude oil on rail from Bakken shale fields of Montana and North Dakota increasing more than 2000 percent in just four recent years.