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Smike

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Another week another Crude Oil Train Derailment and fire.
« on: March 05, 2015, 07:30:56 PM »
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At least this one happened in a remote location. If I was in charged of revenue from crude oil shipments for any class one RR, I would be looking for a transfer. (low oil prices and now, goverment clamp down, in t-minus 3..2..)

http://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/7/71/417253/bnsf-train-carrying-crude-oil-derails-galena
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Re: Another week another Crude Oil Train Derailment and fire.
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2015, 07:42:15 PM »
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The economic motivation for rail-ship is interesting.  As the spread between WTI and Brent increases, and Bakken and WCS oil are subject to increasing headwinds with storage filling, the rationale for rail shipment to access international pricing increases.  West Cdn Select is trading around $39/bbl, so putting it on a train to the east coast for the Brent market is well worth the effort to earn more profit.

I'm of the opinion that Bakken oil should not be rail shipped.  They are not processing most of it for volatiles and the crude is explosive.  This is not the case with Texas Permian shale oil, and certainly not oil sands.  If the Cdn gov't had any spine, they would stop it at the border.
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Bob Bufkin

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Re: Another week another Crude Oil Train Derailment and fire.
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2015, 08:02:41 PM »
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I just read that NS ran 3 empty oil trains up the Buffalo line for storage, so I'm wondering if business is down because of lower oil prices.
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Re: Another week another Crude Oil Train Derailment and fire.
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2015, 08:47:24 PM »
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Quote from: Bob Bufkin on March 05, 2015, 08:02:41 PM
I just read that NS ran 3 empty oil trains up the Buffalo line for storage, so I'm wondering if business is down because of lower oil prices.

NS ran one down the Lurgan line from Harrisburg a few weeks ago, Gettysburg and Northern took the train at Mt Holly Springs and spread it across the various sidings from Mt Holly to Gettysburg.  There are tankers every where down here
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Re: Another week another Crude Oil Train Derailment and fire.
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2015, 02:21:03 AM »
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Oil sands crude by itself isn't explosive, but most of it is diluted with lighter chemicals so that it can be pumped without heating, and the dilutants are highly flammable.  In some cases the resulting mix is almost as explosive as gasoline.
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Re: Another week another Crude Oil Train Derailment and fire.
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2015, 11:32:43 AM »
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Re: Another week another Crude Oil Train Derailment and fire.
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2015, 04:34:52 PM »
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Interesting article Does anybody have a picture of a 70K gallon tank car?
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