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 By Staff    The Canadian Press    November 29, 2014 RED EARTH CREEK, Alta. – The Alberta Energy Regulator says close to 60,000 litres of crude oil have spilled into muskeg in the province’s north. An incident report by the regulator … Continue reading →

Friday, 28 November 2014 By Isaiah Thompson, ProPublica  http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27700-government-data-sharpens-focus-on-crude-oil-train-routes The oil boom underway in North Dakota has delivered jobs to local economies and helped bring the United States to the brink of being a net energy exporter for the first … Continue reading →

672, 118 tank cars of oil and/or petroleum from Jan to October 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on Association of American Railroads Note: These carloadings do not include intermodal traffic. U.S. rail traffic, including carloadings of all commodity … Continue reading →

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Tesoro-s-Martinez-refinery-fined-260-000-for-5893816.php By Jaxon Van Derbeken   Friday, November 14, 2014   SFGate Tesoro Corp. has agreed to pay $260,000 in fines for nearly two dozen violations at its Contra Costa County refinery in 2011, air-quality regulators said Friday. The 23 violations … Continue reading →

http://www.argusmedia.com/News/Article?id=948431 14 Nov 2014 Houston, 14 November (Argus) — BNSF crews worked overnight to clear and repair tracks around Casselton, North Dakota, where 12 empty crude tank cars derailed after being knocked off the tracks by a parallel train that … Continue reading →