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July 10, 2013

Quebec train disaster highlights pipeline shortage
Montreal July 09, 2013
Death and destruction unleashed on a Quebec town when a runaway oil tanker train derailed and exploded put a spotlight Monday on the challenges of transporting oil by rail, versus pipelines. Construction of new pipelines has been unable to keep up with surging North American oil production, in part due to regulatory delays over concerns raised by environmental activists, and so a lot of crude is being shipped by rail. For energy producers across North America railways are a last resort to get th ... read more

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