...with the classification of crude oil, the USDOT has issued an Emergency Restriction/Prohibition Order under Federal Docket No. DOT-OST-2014-0025 which: “…mandates the proper testing (conducting with sufficient frequency and quality) and classification of petroleum products (i.e. petroleum crude oil) prior...
More Action on Crude Oil Trains: US Federal Railroad Administration Issues May 7th Emergency Order/Safety Advisory
...loaded with crude oil from the Bakken Shale Formations in North Dakota in the western United States derailed and multiple cars loaded with crude oil ruptured, caught fire, and exploded in the heart of the community of Lac Megantic, Quebec....
A Somber Anniversary—25 Years after the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
...other animals, and completely devastating the local fisheries. The oil contaminated over thirteen hundred miles of coastline, and despite frantic cleanup efforts, most of the oil was never recovered and twenty-five years later some of it continues to permeate local...
BNSF Railway Becomes First US Rail Carrier to Purchase Newly Compliant Tank Cars for Crude Oil Transport
...some five thousand new tank cars to carry crude oil. A BNSF unit train carrying crude oil passes through the heart of downtown Hinsdale, Illinois on the railroad’s main line west of Chicago on July 29th, 2012. Such shipments, often...
U.S. DOT Announces Comprehensive Proposed Rulemaking for the Safe Transportation of Crude Oil, Flammable Materials
...that Bakken crude oil is on the high end of volatility compared to other crude oils. This report is based on information provided at the press conference. Both the NPRM and ANPRM are available for review on www.regulations.gov and will...
DG Digest: WA State v. Federal Government — jurisdiction at stake in dispute over crude oil volatility limits
PHMSA will decide a regulatory dispute between the states of Washington on one side and North Dakota and Montana on the other. The case involves the allowed vapor pressure of oil shipments by rail through Washington, and whether individual states...
Regulatory Issues Addressing Crude Oil / Ethanol Shipments by Rail
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. CT It is more important than ever for companies that ship crude oil and flammable products to ensure they are compliant. In this webinar you will learn about: Proposed tank cars for North...
FRA/PHMSA Expand on Emergency Order 28 in Response to Quebec Derailment
...Petroleum Crude Oil UN 1267 and Petroleum Sour Crude Oil UN 3494. Interestingly however, the domestic classification NA 1270, which also refers to Petroleum Oil and falls under the same bulk packing instructions (US 49 CFR 173.242/243) as UN 1267...
Crude Shippers face fallout from "Operation Classification"
...Assignment. The Notices of Proposed Violation issued for these alleged errors will go to three companies variously involved in the transport chain of the samples in question; Hess Corporation, Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation, and the Marathon Oil Company. Fines...
FRA/PHMSA Expand on Emergency Order 28 in Response to Quebec Derailment
...Petroleum Crude Oil UN 1267 and Petroleum Sour Crude Oil UN 3494. Interestingly however, the domestic classification NA 1270, which also refers to Petroleum Oil and falls under the same bulk packing instructions (US 49 CFR 173.242/243) as UN 1267...