tinydancer
Diamond Member
These statistics are alarming. Why on earth are there so many? Are the tanker spills due to condition of the tracks; the tanker cars?
The spill is one of the biggest in a rising number related to railroads, as energy companies use trains to move crude oil from booming North American fields not adequately served by pipelines.
The number of incidents has risen sharply in the past few years, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of federal data.
Some 112 oil spills were reported from U.S. rail tanker cars from 2010 to 2012, up from just 10 in the previous three years, according to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, a part of the Department of Transportation that tracks most releases of hazardous materials.
But the amount of crude leaked in spills has declined since 2008, when a big accident in Oklahoma released more than 1,900 barrels.
Rail Line Reopens After Minnesota Oil Spill - WSJ.com
The spill is one of the biggest in a rising number related to railroads, as energy companies use trains to move crude oil from booming North American fields not adequately served by pipelines.
The number of incidents has risen sharply in the past few years, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of federal data.
Some 112 oil spills were reported from U.S. rail tanker cars from 2010 to 2012, up from just 10 in the previous three years, according to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, a part of the Department of Transportation that tracks most releases of hazardous materials.
But the amount of crude leaked in spills has declined since 2008, when a big accident in Oklahoma released more than 1,900 barrels.
Rail Line Reopens After Minnesota Oil Spill - WSJ.com
