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North Dakota crude does not need special handling: U.S. refiners

August 25, 2021 at 4:58 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite several fiery mishaps involving fuel produced in North Dakota's Bakken energy patch, cargo from the region does not need special handling when it moves on the...

States must be warned of oil-by-rail cargoes, U.S. says

August 25, 2021 at 4:43 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. companies moving crude oil via rail must tell state officials when a cargo is moving across their regions, the U.S. Transportation Secretary said on Wednesday, the...

Derailed CSX train carried Bakken oil for Plains All American

August 25, 2021 at 4:28 a.m.

LYNCHBURG, Virginia (Reuters) - The CSX Corp train that derailed and erupted in flames in Lynchburg, Virginia, was carrying crude from the Bakken shale in North Dakota, the kind of...

A TransCanada Keystone Pipeline pump station operates outside Steele City, Nebraska on March 10.

U.S. further delays final decision on Keystone XL pipeline

November 4, 2021 at 1:39 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration further delayed its decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project on Friday, with no conclusion now likely until after the U.S. mid-term elections...

U.S. further delays final decision on Keystone XL pipeline

December 23, 2018 at 11:29 p.m.

US urges oil-by-rail sector to agree a safer tank car

August 25, 2021 at 3:51 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Wednesday asked oil-by-rail leaders to create a tank car fit to carry the kinds of fuel involved in recent fiery derailments...

U.N. panel to weigh dangers of oil-by-rail cargo

August 25, 2021 at 3:40 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.N. panel will examine the rules for handling the kind of oil-by-rail shipments involved in several recent fiery derailments in a move that could rattle the...

Oil sector withholding info on rail cargoes: U.S. regulator

August 25, 2021 at 3:29 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. transport regulators on Friday scolded the oil industry for not sharing important information on the kinds of rail shipments that have been involved in a number...

U.S. lawmakers to question oil-by-rail safety; tank cars a concern

May 23, 2019 at 9:28 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers are expected to question regulators and rail industry officials on Wednesday about several recent fiery derailments, focusing on whether shipments from energy producing regions such...

U.S. lawmakers to question oil-by-rail safety; tank cars a concern

November 4, 2021 at 1:13 a.m.

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