Bakken oil is "light" crude, and extremely volatile, making it more flammable and prone to explosion than traditional crude. This fact has only come become public in the wake of a series of explosive ...

The DOT has announced a new 40-mph speed limit rule for trains that are carrying ethanol and other flammable liquids in 'high threat' areas. An emergency order requiring trains hauling crude oil ...

An imminent environmental hazard' The EU said the ship, which is loaded with 150,000 metric tons (about 165,000 tons) of flammable crude oil, represents "both a navigational and an imminent ...

The key is in the construction of large capacity crude oil storage tanks. To prevent the flammable gasses emitted by crude oil from collecting inside partially empty tanks, they have roofs that ...

The key is in the construction of large capacity crude oil storage tanks. To prevent the flammable gasses emitted by crude oil from collecting inside partially empty tanks, they have roofs that ...

They are highly volatile and therefore extremely flammable. The shortest hydrocarbons have very low boiling points. They do not condense, but leave the column in the gas state.

However, Canada holds the third-largest crude oil reserves globally ... The froth is steamed, de-aerated and diluted with naphtha (a flammable hydrocarbon mixture) to remove any lingering solids ...

Last week, US senators from six states proposed that the government charge companies a special fee to ship oil, ethanol and other flammable liquids ... North Dakota crude crashed in the town ...

The only good news is that the oil itself isn’t hugely flammable: crude oil still contains all the heavier, less flammable fractions which have to be refined out of it to make highly flammable and ...

The EU said the ship, which is loaded with 150,000 metric tons (about 165,000 tons) of flammable crude oil, represents "both ...