U.S. concerns about the potential risks of energy transport

The rapid development of U.S. oil and gas production, but the work of construction of the pipeline due to political disputes and the high cost of the mire, short-term solution to the problem can not see the future. The United States has favored a more flexible oil transportation rail.Ceramic proppant However, recently the Canadian trip train tanker explosion in the United States caused no small vibration.
In the United States, pipeline construction ineffective in the long term and will not cause too much negative impact, because rail transport crude oil actually very efficient. People often think that, across the vast expanse of land transport crude oil pipeline is faster and more efficient way, however, the energy market experts pointed out that, in fact, faster than rail transport pipeline fast. Bloomberg fossil fuels analyst Charles Blanchard said the pipeline transportation of crude oil is the cheapest way, but rail transport more flexible. "This flexibility in terms of shale oil and gas transportation, especially important because the development of  unconventional gas  resource depletion faster. Shale developers need to find oil in different places to ensure that the well can maintain high yields." U.S. financial news channel CNBC TV Satellite analysis of the U.S. rail network transport capacity and coverage. Data show that rail transport of crude oil per hour to walk 15 to 20 miles per hour, while the pipeline transported oil can only go four to five miles. However, manufacturers are most concerned about is not speed, but the coverage of the existing rail network. United States currently has 566 freight railway, with a total length of more than 138,000 miles. Some experts pointed out that such a large range of railway network coverage than the pipeline infrastructure is more conducive to North Dakota Bakken oil shale mining Sinotrans. Energy producers choice railway network coverage, but also less susceptible to provoke pipeline construction as the political and regulatory struggle, therefore, very much like crude oil producers take advantage of the flexibility of rail transport. Blanchard pointed out that shale drilling often occurs after the first year of production capacity dropped the issue,frac sand so oil producers in the choice of carriers when suddenly reluctant to sign a contract for several years, and pipeline transportation providers will want to engage in multi-year contract .