Bakken Crude More Dangerous to Ship Than Other Oil, U.S. Says [View all]

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Source: Bloomberg News

Bakken Crude More Dangerous to Ship Than Other Oil, U.S. Says

Angela Greiling Keane, ©2014 Bloomberg News
Published 10:41 am, Thursday, January 2, 2014

Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil produced in North America’s Bakken region may be more flammable and therefore more dangerous to ship by rail than crude from other areas, a U.S. regulator said after studying the question for four months.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration announced its preliminary conclusion three days after a BNSF Railway Co. train carrying oil caught fire after a collision in Casselton, North Dakota.

The regulator “is reinforcing the requirement to properly test, characterize, classify, and where appropriate sufficiently degasify hazardous materials prior to and during transportation,” it said in a statement posted on its website today.

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