A thorough examination of the train’s crude comes amid debate over the potentially explosive characteristics of so-called shale oil. The train that derailed in Lac-Megantic on July 6, killing 47 people, was transporting crude from a large shale deposit in North Dakota known as the Bakken field. Some shale oil has been found to contain hydrogen sulphide vapour — a flammable, corrosive, and highly explosive compound. Bakken crude is known to hold considerable amounts of flammable hydrogen sulphide gas. The Lac-Megantic crash came just a couple of months after pipeline company Enbridge news.nationalpost/2013/08/02/why-was-lac-megantic-crude-oil-so-flammable-authorities-want-closer-look-at-cargo-from-train-disaster/ Inc. presented documents to the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission stating that it refused to carry Bakken oil with extremely high levels of hydrogen sulphide in its lines.
Posted on: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:23:59 +0000
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