Economy

Officials say oil train leaked as it crossed Washington state

Samantha Wohlfeil - Bellingham Herald

February 06, 2015 10:59 AM

Empty tank cars move through Newark, Del., on their way back to the Bakken oilfield in North Dakota.
Empty tank cars move through Newark, Del., on their way back to the Bakken oilfield in North Dakota. McClatchy
Empty tank cars move through Newark, Del., on their way back to the Bakken oilfield in North Dakota. McClatchy

A train loaded with Bakken crude oil needed to have more than a dozen leaking tank cars removed at three separate stops as it traveled through Idaho and crossed Washington state in mid-January.

The leaking train, which was headed from North Dakota’s Bakken region to the Tesoro refinery in Anacortes on Jan. 12, was detected just two months after an oil-stained rail tank car was discovered at BP Cherry Point.

Read more at the Herald: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2015/02/06/4117953_officials-investigating-leaking.html

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