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Comment: Pick your choice for crude transport – pipeline, train, truck or ship

August 11, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

Crude oil is moving around the world, around North America, around pristine wilderness, around our cities and towns. It’s going to keep moving, so what is the safest way to move it? The short answer is: truck worse than train worse than pipeline worse than boat (Oilprice.com). But that’s only for human death and property […]

Filed Under: Editorial Tagged With: Alberta, Association of American Railroads, barrels, Canada, Canadian Energy Pipeline Association, Congressional Research Service, contaminated, crude oil, energy boom, gallons, Keystone XL, Lac-Megantic, North America, oil, oil spill, pipeline, Quebec, rail accidents, rail cars, ship, spill, tanker, The Fraser Institute, Trucking, United States

Convincing public oil industry is safe can be a tough sell

July 3, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

Ensuring they have social licence to operate is a cornerstone of oil companies operations in North America these days. But it can be a hard sell when accidents occur. In one instance, a 75-hundred gallon (178 barrels) storage tank filled with crude oil emptied into Cache La Poudre River. It’s Colorado State’s only designated National […]

Filed Under: International Tagged With: barrels, Cache La Poudre River, Colorado State, compensation, crude oil, gallons, Greenland, NIRAS, North America, oil companies, oil tanker truck, Polaroil, social licence, spill

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