Oil By Rail

• Limits on oil production no longer needed, Alberta government says

  Alberta will let its oil production curtailment policy expire on Dec. 31.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2021
  
• CP Rail-Kansas City Southern rail merger to unite loading and unloading links for bitumen transport

  "Both Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern were instrumental in making the diluent recovery unit (DRU) and DRUbit-by-rail (DBR) a reality."

  Politics

  Mar 24, 2021
  
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• U.S. analysts brace for more oil by rail as debate continues over cross-border pipelines

  It would take an oil-by-rail calamity of a scale comparable to the 2013 Lac-Megantic disaster in Quebec before Americans wake up to the dangers, U.S. rail safety analysts say.

  Canada

  Mar 7, 2021
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• Cenovus ramps crude-by-rail volumes to 120,000 bpd without provincial contracts

  Crude-by-rail shipments by oilsands producer Cenovus Energy Inc. jumped to 120,000 barrels per day in January from 106,000 in December.

  Canada

  Feb 12, 2020
• 5 things to know about the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project

  The federal cabinet's long-awaited decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is due Tuesday. Here are five things to know about the project.

  Politics

  Jun 17, 2019
• Crude by rail shipments from Western Canada rise by 34,000 bpd in May

  Genscape says crude-by-rail shipments from Western Canada continued to rise in May after falling in February to a nine-month low.

  Canada

  Jun 5, 2019
• Crude by rail rises in March but storage high despite Alberta curtailments

  Crude-by-rail shipments from Western Canada staged a minor recovery in March after falling in February to their lowest level in nine months, but oil storage levels remain stubbornly high.

  Canada

  Apr 3, 2019
• Crude-by-rail exports fall in January as Alberta started production cuts

  The National Energy Board says crude-by-rail exports in January fell compared with December, but remained more than twice as high as 12 months earlier.

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2019
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• MEG Energy unlikely to expand oilsands project with Line 3 pipeline delays

  The CEO of MEG Energy Corp. says a one-year delay in Enbridge Inc.'s Line 3 pipeline replacement project makes it highly unlikely it will approve an option to spend about $75 million to complete an expansion of its Christina Lake oilsands project in northern Alberta.

  Canada

  Mar 8, 2019
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• Oilsands producer MEG Energy posts $199M loss, vows to ship more oil by rail

  MEG Energy says it has doubled its crude-by-rail shipments and will double them again to maximize prices in view of insufficient pipeline export capacity from Western Canada.

  Economy

  Mar 7, 2019