GEOG 3EC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Great Sioux Nation, Pipeline Transport, Pipeline And Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
15 Apr 2018
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Consumers of crude oil often desire a specific type of oil. Pure barrels to be delivered to destination in ways that are not always possible with pipelines. Commodity isolation in separate rail cars gives you no loss of quality at destination, because the crude oil is not mixed with other grades of crude during transportation. Railroads" overall safety record has been trending in the right direction for decades and recent years have been the safest in history. The train accident rate in 2013 was down 79% from. These are great achievements, but the industry knows the pursuit for safety never ends and the rail industry is looking to further prevent accidents through the following means: One of the most important ways railroads have reduced accidents is through investments back into their networks to make them more robust, so that the industry"s record of declining accident rates continues.
