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US Energy Information Administration The EIA reports, for the first time, that more than half of the crude oil sent to East Coast refineries was delivered by train.
The Christian Science Monitor |This week’s derailment and explosion of train cars in West Virginia continues to raise questions about the safety of transporting crude oil from North Dakota’s Bakken region.
A year ago, an oil train exploded outside the small town of Casselton, North Dakota. Since then, regulators have taken steps to make crude by rail safer. Does it matter to anyone who witnessed the crash?
Wall Street Journal | Pipeline opposition is getting pricey.
Oil trains are making people all over the country worry about big, deadly explosions. Will North Dakota act to make its oil safer?
North Dakota is considering new rules that would make oil safer to ship by rail.
Environmental groups are suing the U.S. Department of Transportation over the shipment of crude oil in older railroad tank cars. The lawsuit follows a series of arguments, complaints and regulation changes over the past few months regarding safety rules and industry secrecy, which Inside Energy investigated during the summer.
The Department of Transportation has released proposals to tighten safety regulations for crude-oil trains.
An analysis of waybills – freight receipts kept by railroad companies – shows that the vast majority of crude oil traveling on rails comes from the Bakken shale formation in North Dakota and moves on large trains that can be more than 100 cars long. This map shows a time-lapse view of where oil trains came from from 2012. For a full explanation of this data, see, “Train Waybills Unlock Crude Oil Mysteries.”
A dozen or more trains carrying crude oil from the Bakken region are moving across northern Montana every week, skirting the edge of Glacier National Park. More trains — far fewer in number – pass through populated regions farther south. Governor Steve Bullock released the route information this week, making Montana the latest state after Washington to buck railroads’ requests to keep the information out of public hands.
