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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gibbs, Dianne, editor.

Series:

Energy policies, politics and prices series.

Energy Policies, Politics and Prices

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum--Transportation.

Petroleum.

Petroleum--Transportation--Safety measures.

Petroleum--Properties.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

CRUDE OIL PROPERTIES AND THE HAZARDS OF TRANSPORT: BACKGROUND, DATA AND LITERATURE SUMMARY; CRUDE OIL PROPERTIES AND THE HAZARDS OF TRANSPORT: BACKGROUND, DATA AND LITERATURE SUMMARY; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: LITERATURE SURVEY OF CRUDE OILP ROPERTIES RELEVANT TO HANDLING AND FIRE SAFETY IN TRANSPORT; Chapter 2: U.S. RAIL TRANSPORTATION OF CRUDE OIL: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 25, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63483-071-7