Crude oil properties and the hazards of transport :  background, data and literature summary / 
Dianne Gibbs, editor. 
 - New York :  Nova Publishers,  (c)2015. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Energy policies, politics and prices .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Literature Survey of Crude Oil Properties Relevant to Handling and Fire Safety in Transport /  U.S. Rail Transportation of Crude Oil: Background and Issues for Congress /  David Lord [and six others] --  John Frittelli [and five others] 
<br/><br/> Several fiery rail accidents in 2013-2015 in the U.S. and Canada carrying crude oil produced from the Bakken region of North Dakota have raised questions at many levels on the safety of transporting this, and other types of crude oil, by rail. Sandia National Laboratories was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy to investigate the material properties of crude oils, and in particular the so-called ""tight oils"" like Bakken that comprise the majority of crude oil rail shipments in the U.S. at the current time. The book provides a literature survey of public sources of information on cr. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781634830713 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2020686618 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Petroleum--Transportation.<br/>Petroleum--Transportation--Safety measures.<br/>Petroleum--Properties.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HE199  / .C783 2015