9 Mar 2015 Crude oil rail shipments in Canada have increased massively in recent years, from only 500 cars in 2009 to 160,000 in 2013, according to the As rail safety regulators in Canada and the U.S. began tried to determine what could be done to reduce the risk associated with shipments of crude oil by rail, 6 Jul 2016 Protecting Your Community From Crude Oil "Bomb Trains" who studies oil production and delivery in the United States and Canada. 13 Jan 2014 Today, a lack of oil pipelines in North Dakota and Alberta forces the industry to ship most of the Bakken and Canadian tar sands crude by rail. 18 Jun 2014 Communities throughout the U.S. and Canada are waking up to the dark side of North America's energy boom: Trains hauling crude oil are 7 Oct 2015 The growing number of trains hauling crude oil from Canada and the Northern Plains are among the heaviest on the rails today, many The objective of Canadian Crude-by-Rail 2020 Exhibition and Conference will be to bring the North American crude oil supply chain industry together to evaluate solutions for overcoming the logistical challenges of transporting crude oil by rail. The conference will also look at East and West Coast Export Opportunities for marketing Canadian crude oil to the international markets with a special focus on transport capabilities and connectivity with a European and Asian outlook.
For tank cars carrying crude oil, more than 16 000 will have to be phased out in an oversupply of propane in western Canada, incentivizing rail infrastructure to
1 Jul 2014 Originated carloads of crude oil on U.S. Class I railroads (including the U.S. Class I subsidiaries of Canadian railroads) rose from 9,500 in 2008 to 13 Feb 2014 Crude imports by rail from Canada have increased more than 20-fold since 2011. The amount of oil transported by rail may also be influenced by 19 Jan 2018 Nearly five years after a rail disaster, a small Canadian town still that derailed in the town's core in July 2013 with its shipment of crude oil. 28 Sep 2014 The tragic derailment at Lac-Mégantic renewed calls for improved safety standards on Canada's extensive railway. How concerned are you about 9 Mar 2015 Crude oil rail shipments in Canada have increased massively in recent years, from only 500 cars in 2009 to 160,000 in 2013, according to the
8 Jul 2013 North America has seen skyrocketing growth in rail transport of fuel from the booming Bakken shale in North Dakota and the tar sands of Canada.
Larry MacDougal/Canadian Press Crude oil and other petroleum products are transported in rail tanker cars on a Canadian Pacific Railway train near Medicine Hat, Alta., Sept. 10, 2018. Downstream: Facilities where crude oil is unloaded from trains to a final destination, usually a refinery. Upstream: Facilities where crude oil is loaded onto trains. Midstream: Facilities where crude oil is unloaded from trains and (trans)loaded onto barges, tankers or pipelines for onward delivery further afield. The Congressional Research Service estimates that transporting crude oil by pipeline is cheaper than rail, about $5/barrel versus $10 to $15/barrel. But rail is more flexible and has 140,000 miles of track in the United States compared to 57,000 miles of crude oil pipelines. Crude oil shipments by rail from Midwest to coastal regions decline - Today in Energy, 3/11/16 Rail still moves crude from the Midwest to coastal regions, but in smaller volumes - This Week in Petroleum, 3/2/16 As total U.S. crude oil imports fall, Canada's import supply share rises - Today in Energy, 11/12/15 Notes: Rail movements of crude oil are estimates based on EIA analysis of data from the Surface Transportation Board and other information. See Definitions, Sources, and Notes link above for more information on this table. The Lac-Mégantic rail disaster occurred in the town of Lac-Mégantic, in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, Canada, at approximately 01:15 EDT, on July 6, 2013, when an unattended 74-car freight train carrying Bakken Formation crude oil rolled down a 1.2% grade from Nantes and derailed downtown, resulting in the fire and explosion of multiple tank cars. Crude-by-rail capacity in Alberta is expected to grow by 100,000 barrels a day in December after the provincial government eased production limits for oil transported by train, the Energy Ministry
24 Jan 2018 capacity, Canadian crude oil shipments are likely to be diverted to rail. of crude oil shipments by pipeline and rail in Canada (tonnages and
18 Jun 2014 Communities throughout the U.S. and Canada are waking up to the dark side of North America's energy boom: Trains hauling crude oil are
The BNSF Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway originate almost all crude oil shipments from North Dakota's Bakken oil field. The Fort Worth, Tex.-based
28 Sep 2014 The tragic derailment at Lac-Mégantic renewed calls for improved safety standards on Canada's extensive railway. How concerned are you about 9 Mar 2015 Crude oil rail shipments in Canada have increased massively in recent years, from only 500 cars in 2009 to 160,000 in 2013, according to the