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Title Crude oil properties and the hazards of transport : background, data and literature summary / Dianne Gibbs, editor.

Publication Info. New York : Nova Publishers, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Energy policies, politics and prices
Energy policies, politics and prices series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Literature Survey of Crude Oil Properties Relevant to Handling and Fire Safety in Transport / David Lord [and six others] -- U.S. Rail Transportation of Crude Oil: Background and Issues for Congress / John Frittelli [and five others]
Summary Several fiery rail accidents in 2013-2015 in the U.S. and Canada carrying crude oil produced from the Bakken region of North Dakota have raised questions at many levels on the safety of transporting this, and other types of crude oil, by rail. Sandia National Laboratories was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy to investigate the material properties of crude oils, and in particular the so-called ""tight oils"" like Bakken that comprise the majority of crude oil rail shipments in the U.S. at the current time. The book provides a literature survey of public sources of information on cr.
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Subject Petroleum -- Transportation.
Petroleum -- Transportation.
Petroleum -- Transportation -- Safety measures.
Petroleum -- Transportation -- Safety measures.
Petroleum -- Properties.
Petroleum.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Added Author Gibbs, Dianne, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Crude oil properties and the hazards of transport New York : Nova Publishers, [2015] 1634830709 (DLC) 2015460924
ISBN 9781634830713 ebook
1634830717
9781634830706
1634830709