Canada Is Now A Land Of Oil Trains

Canada’s oil industry is facing record-low prices for its exports, a glaring lack of infrastructure to bring its product to market, and an uncertain long-term outlook.

But none of that is stopping the oil patch from increasing production. And as one pipeline project after another fails to launch, the industry is relying more heavily than ever to ship its oil by rail.

According to Statistics Canada, the volume of oil on Canada’s railroads has soared by 64.6 percent in just the past year. And in the past seven years, the number of rail cars carrying oil across Canada has quadrupled.

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Canada Is Now A Land Of Oil Trains, Daniel Tencer, Huffington Post

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