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BNSF: Estimated 230,000 gallons of oil spilled in derailment
Manila Bulletin ^ | June 24 | Associated Press

Posted on 06/24/2018 3:27:23 AM PDT by Oscar in Batangas

An estimated 230,000 gallons (870,619 liters) of crude oil spilled into floodwaters in the northwestern corner of Iowa following a train derailment, a railroad official said Saturday.

In this aerial drone image taken from video and provided by the Sioux County Sheriff's Office, tanker cars carrying crude oil are shown derailed about a mile south of Doon, Iowa, Frida, June 22, 2018. About 31 cars derailed after the tracks reportedly collapsed due to saturation from flood waters from adjacent Little Rock River. (Sioux County Sheriff's Office via AP) In this aerial drone image taken from video and provided by the Sioux County Sheriff’s Office, tanker cars carrying crude oil are shown derailed about a mile south of Doon, Iowa, Frida, June 22, 2018. About 31 cars derailed after the tracks reportedly collapsed due to saturation from flood waters from adjacent Little Rock River. (Sioux County Sheriff’s Office via AP)

BNSF spokesman Andy Williams said 14 of 32 oil tanker cars just south of Doon in Lyon County leaked oil into surrounding floodwaters from the swollen Little Rock River. Williams had earlier said 33 oil cars had derailed.

Nearly half the spill — an estimated 100,000 gallons (378,530 liters) — had been contained with booms near the derailment site and an additional boom placed approximately 5 miles (8.05 kilometers) downstream, Williams said. Skimmers and vacuum trucks were being used to remove the oil. Crews will then use equipment to separate the oil from the water.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.mb.com.ph ...


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This is going to put a dent in Uncle Warren's Hamburger Budget.

Let's get those danged pipelines in the ground!

1 posted on 06/24/2018 3:27:23 AM PDT by Oscar in Batangas
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To: Oscar in Batangas

Buffets Valdez.


2 posted on 06/24/2018 3:34:17 AM PDT by blackdog
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To: Oscar in Batangas

Low demand for movement by rail currently. Market must be saturated.


3 posted on 06/24/2018 3:43:32 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (..There is no difference between liberals/rinos/moslems/illegals/lamestream media ...)
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To: no-to-illegals

“Low demand for movement by rail currently. Market must be saturated.”

Don’t know where you got that tidbit; everything I’ve read about current domestic oil situation states that distribution is the limiting factor on the production side, whether it’s rail, pipelines or trucks. In fact, if you have a commercial drivers license and looking for work, head for West Texas, truck drivers are getting over $100k/year in the Permian Basin...


4 posted on 06/24/2018 4:21:12 AM PDT by snoringbear (W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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Much like the wild fires on the west coast derailments also bring to mind eco terrorists, remember they lost big time with Hilldabeast


5 posted on 06/24/2018 4:27:24 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: blackdog

Buffets Valdez.
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Wow, yer fast...beat me by a few mins...likely won’t be p o intend out anywhere else, even Maria Bartiromo seems to like him.


6 posted on 06/24/2018 4:27:37 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Break in my country, you are illegal. Break into my house, makes not you a homeowner.)
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To: snoringbear

Reported by the Manila Times? All the fake news so called “reporters” must be at the detainment centers trying to film crying illegal alien children.


7 posted on 06/24/2018 4:29:14 AM PDT by wetgundog (Mainstream Media, Lying Liars Lying.)
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To: Oscar in Batangas

Back when Obama, Ryan, McConnell et al were holding up the the Keystone Pipeline I sort of suspected that part of t he reason was to make sure that Uncle Warren’s tank cars remained full.


8 posted on 06/24/2018 4:29:30 AM PDT by InABunkerUnderSF (Time to BLOAT again.)
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To: snoringbear

There is low demand for movement of crude by rail ... the remainder of statement is. based on low demand to move crude by rail ... ah but I repeat myself


9 posted on 06/24/2018 4:31:08 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (..There is no difference between liberals/rinos/moslems/illegals/lamestream media ...)
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Well, it seems like about 14 of his cars weren't all that successful in remaining full! ☺
10 posted on 06/24/2018 4:34:50 AM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (12:01 PM 1/20/2017...The end of an error.)
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https://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/after-first-year-oil-industry-praises-dakota-access-pipeline/article_d8ba4646-1044-5ef4-a0a9-321c6605848d.html

...Rail transport hit a low last summer of around 120,000 barrels per day, Kringstad said, but was back up to 260,000 barrels per day in March as market conditions shifted to favor east and west coast crude by rail markets.

Some of that shift is a result of oversupply in Cushing, Oklahoma, Kringstad said. Permian oil is congesting that market hub, lowering prices. Oil that can go to east and west coast refineries is thus finding better prices there.

In addition to lower transportation costs, the industry found new and better ways to complete its wells during the downturn, lowering Bakken breakevens. Now, with market prices improving, the oil and gas sector is set to take off.

The takeoff is still being substantially constrained by lack of labor, with more than 13,000 job openings statewide...


11 posted on 06/24/2018 4:38:53 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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Thank you for your informative post. FReepers always have the info ... thanks once more


12 posted on 06/24/2018 4:42:00 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (..There is no difference between liberals/rinos/moslems/illegals/lamestream media ...)
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This spill story went national Friday. This second round of stories is because the amount of oil was determined.

Bakken oil on trains frequently goes east, but this was reportedly headed for the Oklahoma oil hub. Not enough pipeline capacity.


13 posted on 06/24/2018 4:49:29 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Oscar in Batangas

I doubt the veracity. There was certainly a spill but not all the crude in those tankers leaking spilled.

The extrapolation lie is for environimental propaganda


14 posted on 06/24/2018 4:52:36 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... In August our cities will be burning))
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Good to learn that. Do you know of estimates of the amount released? (The paper over here said that ~100,000 gal. had been captured by booms.)


15 posted on 06/24/2018 4:57:51 AM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (12:01 PM 1/20/2017...The end of an error.)
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31 typical oil tanker cars

30,000 gallons per tanker

930,000 gallons potential spill

less than one-third admitted spilled (equivalent of seven full cars)

seems reasonable


16 posted on 06/24/2018 5:00:54 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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Tracks on ground saturated with water... that has made for interesting times since the beginning of railroads. Sometimes you get "the perfect storm." There had been concerns last week about track bridges and culverts in some parts of Iowa because of local heavy rainfall, so I would think BNSF had people out on the line looking for problems.

Half a century ago, I lived with my parents up in that neck o' the woods. Doon in those days was considered a sleepy place by folks from Rock Rapids and George... but maybe not so much this weekend.

17 posted on 06/24/2018 5:08:18 AM PDT by niteowl77
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To: Oscar in Batangas

Meanwhile, the amount of oil spilled by the Keystone Pipeline last year is zero.

Monied interests fight pipelines because they make money moving oil by rail.

They masquerade as environmentalists, but trains are much worse for the environment.

But the idiot lefties believe every word.


18 posted on 06/24/2018 5:14:23 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: Oscar in Batangas

Any soros protestitutes show up yet to feign concern? A dent.. well, thats a start.


19 posted on 06/24/2018 5:15:06 AM PDT by momincombatboots (No Wall, No Way 2018)
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Time to ban trains...


20 posted on 06/24/2018 5:29:29 AM PDT by SteveO87
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