Tar Sands on the Tracks: Railbit, Dilbit and U.S. Export Terminals

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By Ben JerveyJun 17, 2014, 10:28 am101 pts
Last December, the first full train carrying tar sands crude left the Canexus Bruderheim terminal outside of Edmonton, Alberta, bound for an unloading terminal somewhere in the United States. Canadian heavy crude, as the tar sands is labeled for market purposes, had ridden the rails in very limited capacity in…

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