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Posted 20 February 2017 - 06:10 PM

The Globe and Mail, Toronto 2/17:
 

CN develops technology that could make bitumen transportation safer

 

 

Shipping oil by rail has earned a spotty reputation in recent years after a series of train derailments across North America resulted in high-profile explosions and environmentally damaging spills. Canadian National Railway Co. is hoping something the size of a bar of soap can help clean up some of those problems.

 

Canada’s largest railway filed a patent for a new technology on Friday that turns bitumen – the heavy crude produced at the oil sands – into a mostly solid dry good, by mixing and wrapping it with polymer. In the event of an accident, the packets would not explode, leak, or sink in water, the railway believes.

 

The invention still has to go through more testing, but the concept could emerge as a niche alternative to current methods of shipping bitumen,  .  .  .

 

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