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Houthi Rebels Hit Norwegian-Flagged Tanker With Anti-Ship Cruise Missile At Key Maritime Chokepoint

Houthi Rebels Hit Norwegian-Flagged Tanker With Anti-Ship Cruise Missile At Key Maritime Chokepoint An anti-ship cruise missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck a Norwegian-flagged tanker in the Red Sea near a key maritime chokepoint known as the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, where nearly 10% of all crude traded at sea passes through. Reuters quoted Houthi military […]

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Iran Navy Begins “Massive Drill” Stretching Across World’s Key Oil Chokepoints

Iran Navy Begins “Massive Drill” Stretching Across World’s Key Oil Chokepoints Iran’s navy has begun a three day war game exercise on Friday in the Persian Gulf, in an expansive area encompassing Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, to the Sea of Oman and even stretching to northern parts of the Indian Ocean, state media reports. […]

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What Have We Learned From the Lac-Megantic Oil Train Disaster?

What Have We Learned From the Lac-Megantic Oil Train Disaster? Brian Stevens first learned about the Lac-Megantic disaster — in which an unattended oil train caught fire and exploded, killing 47 people in the Quebec town — when he saw the news reports on TV. Stevens is currently National Rail Director for Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union, but […]

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There Will Be Blood – Oil Train Regulations Fail To Address Known Risks

There Will Be Blood – Oil Train Regulations Fail To Address Known Risks “Railroad rules have been written in blood.” This line was included in the annual report of the Commissioner of Railroads for the state of Michigan — in 1901. The idea was that safety rules were only implemented when enough blood had been spilled. One hundred […]

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The World’s Greatest Oil Chokepoints, And Why Yemen Matters

The World’s Greatest Oil Chokepoints, And Why Yemen Matters About half the world’s oil production is moved by tankers on fixed maritime routes, according to Reuters. The blockage of a chokepoint, even temporarily, can lead to substantial increases in total energy costs and thus, these checkpoints are crucial to global energy security. While Hormuz remains the largest chokepoint […]

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Exploding Trains, No New Regulations, Record Industry Profits: The Oil-by-Rail Story

Exploding Trains, No New Regulations, Record Industry Profits: The Oil-by-Rail Story A month ago there was a close call for the oil-by-rail industry. As part of the Cromnibus bill that President Obama signed in December, new oil-by-rail regulations were supposed to be finalized and implemented by regulators by January 15th. Two days before that deadline, the Pipeline and […]

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