Green groups sue DOT over oil-by-rail regulations
The groups want the Transportation Department to block refiners and other shippers from using older, rupture-prone tank cars to move crude from the Bakken formation in North Dakota.
View ArticleNorth Dakota regulators to vote on oil shipment rules
Oil industry officials have said the state already has proper regulations in place.
View ArticleVirginia fines CSX $361,000 for Lynchburg derailment in 2014
The April 30 derailment saw 17 tankers derail, with three going into the James. The state Department of Environmental Quality said one tanker breached, with 98 percent of the oil consumed by fire.
View ArticleSenator wants tougher rules for volatile oil moved by rail
Sen. Charles Schumer wants federal regulators to require crude to be stripped of volatile compounds before it is loaded into rail cars criss-crossing the country.
View ArticleDerailment set to fuel push for crude volatility mandates
The fiery derailment of an oil train in Illinois on Thursday is likely to bolster a campaign for energy companies to strip combustible gases out of the crude they ship by rail.
View ArticleNorth Dakota is seeing fewer passenger and freight rail delays due to...
Rail currently accounts for about half of North Dakota crude oil shipments, down from a high of 75 percent two years ago.
View Article3 rail cars leaking crude after oil train derails in Montana
The train was pulling 106 loaded crude oil cars when it derailed close to Culbertson near the North Dakota border just after 6 p.m. MDT Thursday. The cars typically haul about 30,000 gallons of oil...
View ArticleBroken rail caused West Virginia train derailment, officials say
The Federal Railroad Administration said the broken rail resulted from a crack that had expanded. The problem was missed by CSX Corp. and a contractor on inspections in December 2014 and last January,...
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