The Briefing Room
General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Energy => Topic started by: thackney on June 26, 2018, 01:00:48 pm
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Railroad unloading oil from cars after Iowa derailment
http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2018/06/oil-and-gas-railroad-unloading-oil-from-cars-after-iowa-derailment.html (http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2018/06/oil-and-gas-railroad-unloading-oil-from-cars-after-iowa-derailment.html)
June 25, 2018
...BNSF railroad spokesman Andy Williams says workers have unloaded oil from 10 of the oil tank cars that didn't leak after Friday's derailment. Officials have said 14 of the 32 cars that derailed in Lyon County leaked oil.
Officials say 230,000 gallons (870,619 liters) spilled. Roughly 100,000 gallons (378,530 liters) has been contained with booms in a low-lying area filled with floodwaters near the derailment....
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liters now? Oil is most commonly measured in barrels or tonnes for the metric users. But I guess less than 5,500 barrels doesn't sound bad enough.