Might the Bakken Boom Get Derailed?
"The damages potentially resulting from an exposure could risk the financial soundness and viability of the rail transportation network in North America."
Bakken crude oil
Safety alert issued over dangers of fracked oil
The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued an unprecedented safety alert on the transport of hydraulically fractured oil from North Dakota’s booming Bakken oil fields that could also cool Canada’s unconventional oil rush.