New Eagle Ford rail park coming to Bexar County
There’s another new rail park opening in southern Bexar County – part of a railroad boom that’s chasing surging oil and gas production in the Eagle Ford Shale region. More »
Rail line reopens after oil spill
Canadian Pacific says the rail line where as much as 30,000 gallons of crude spilled from a derailed train Wednesday in western Minnesota has re-opened. More »
Union Pacific expanding South Texas workforce
Increased rail shipments of oil from the Eagle Ford Shale drilling and more Mexican auto exports are driving job growth and capital spending for Union Pacific Corp. in South Texas, the company’s chief financial officer said Wednesday in San Antonio. More »
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners planning Houston rail project
Partners plan a crude oil rail terminal linking distant U.S. oil fields with the Greens Port Industrial Park on the Houston Ship Channel. More »
Howard Midstream plans new gas plant, rail hub
Howard Midstream Energy Partners LLC will build a new natural gas plant in Webb County to process 200 million cubic feet of gas per day, as well as a logistics railroad hub at the new Live Oak Railroad in Live Oak County. More »
Use of rail to move crude oil surged in 2012
The use of rail to transport crude oil grew dramatically in 2012, as production overwhelmed available pipelines. Coal-by-rail, meanwhile, dropped. More »
Enbridge losing business to railroads, refiner says
Enbridge Inc.’s North Dakota pipeline system has been underused for the past three months as railroads move more oil out of the Bakken shale play, a refining company told U.S. regulators. More »
Valero expanding Houston refinery for Eagle Ford crude
The world’s largest independent refiner says an expansion at its Houston plant will improve it capability to refine light, sweet crude from South Texas. More »
Phillips 66 moving Bakken oil by rail in $1B deal
Phillips 66 has begun shipping crude by rail from North Dakota to a refinery in New Jersey in an effort estimated at more than $1 billion. More »
Plains pipeline company expands rail network in $500 million deal – Update
Plains All American Pipeline has agreed to buy five crude oil rail terminals, including one in the Eagle Ford shale in South Texas, from U.S. Development Group. More »
Report: Shale boom revamping U.S. refining industry
A Hart Energy study concludes that refiners with access to U.S. shale oil and other unconventional crudes will realize larger margins, leading to higher utilization and new construction. More »
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