- BNSF Railway (BRK.A, BRK.B), the main railroad moving crude oil out of the Bakken formation in North Dakota, says a new federal emergency order on rail shipments will not affect its shipments.
- The U.S. Department of Transportation will require railroads to inform state emergency management officials about the movement of large shipments of crude oil, and will ask companies shipping oil from the Bakken to stop using older generation tank cars that have been involved in several fiery derailments.
- BNSF says it will comply with the new reporting requirements but does not foresee any impact of service.
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