More ND oil will be railed with no US pipeline
State and industry officials say North Dakota oil drillers increasingly will rely on trains to move barrels of crude to market with the Obama administration’s decision to reject plans for the planned Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
North Dakota Public Service Commission Chairman Tony Clark says shipping oil on pipelines is safer and cheaper than by rail. But he says producers are left with few options if “pipelines are off the table.”
Obama on Wednesday temporarily halted the $7 billion pipeline, saying a deadline set by Republican lawmakers didn’t give his administration enough time for review.
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