From: McClatchy DC
By Curtis Tate
PHILADELPHIA — Just a few
years ago, the region’s refineries were on life support, hurt by high
prices of oil imported from foreign countries. Now, they’re humming
again with the daily deliveries of domestic crude in mile-long trains.
As
one of the country’s largest destinations for crude oil from North
Dakota’s Bakken region, Philadelphia illustrates both the benefits, and
risks, of a massive volume of oil moving by rail.
“It’s a good
marriage,” said Charles Drevna, president of the American Fuel &
Petrochemical Manufacturers, an industry group. “Ultimately, it will be
good for the consumer.”
But even as the oil and the trains that
bring it may have saved refineries and jobs, they’re testing the limits
of the city’s infrastructure and emergency response capabilities.
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