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1. 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 ...

2. What Ever Happened to Safety First

   Appeared in the Washington Times, Aug 19, 2015 Debates over oil pipelines seem to be never-ending. The quintessential example being that of the Keystone XL pipeline, which has languished in regulatory limbo for more than 2,500 days. It appears that this ...

3. Pipelines are the safest way to transport oil and gas

   Oil and gas pipelines are a critical piece of Canada’s energy infrastructure. In 2013, this mode of transportation moved more than 2.4 billion barrels of oil and gas. But accidents do happen as seen with the recent oil spill in Alberta where a Nexen ...

4. Safety in the Transportation of Oil and Gas: Pipelines or Rail?

   Transporting oil and gas by pipeline or rail is in general quite safe. But when the safety of transporting oil and gas by pipelines and rail is compared, taking into consideration the amount of product moved, pipelines are found to be the much safer ...

5. Safer rail transport still can’t compete with pipeline safety

   Appeared in the National Post On May 1, 2015, an interesting thing happened. The United States and Canada came to agreement about transporting oil and other flammable liquids. No, they did not agree to build more pipelines—rather, they agreed to implement ...