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1. Keystone XL approval errs on side of safety

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, November 24, 2017 This week, state regulators in Nebraska approved the Keystone XL pipeline, ending nine years of regulatory and political limbo across multiple jurisdictions. TransCanada Corp can now build its pipeline. That ...

2. Trans Mountain pipeline—B.C.’s NDP government should put safety first

   Appeared in the Vancouver Province, July 28, 2017 The last several weeks have seen new, if somewhat contradictory, developments on the Trans Mountain pipeline file. Kinder Morgan received approval last year to twin the existing Trans Mountain pipeline, ...

3. Safety First: Intermodal Safety for Oil and Gas Transportation

   A contentious road lies ahead for the construction of three recently approved oil pipelines (Trans Mountain, Line 3, and Keystone XL). Given continued opposition to oil and gas infrastructure, we have examined the latest data on the safety of oil and gas ...

4. Intermodal safety in the transport of oil

   In the face of expanding production and pipeline bottlenecks, more oil is moving by rail in both Canada and the United States, but transport of oil by rail (or other non-pipeline transportation modes) carries its own set of risks. While pipelines may leak ...

5. Canadian Oil Transport Conundrum

   Recent events have elevated the importance of how we transport energy—specifically oil—to high profile status. The long-stalled approval of the Keystone XL pipeline is probably the highest profile political event that has caused oil transport to surge to ...