Monday, May 11, 2015
Oil in North Dakota Derailment Was Treated to Cut Volatility
BISMARCK, N.D. — May 7, 2015, 7:09 PM ET
By MATTHEW BROWN and BLAKE NICHOLSON Associated Press
A shipment of oil involved in an explosive train derailment in North Dakota
had been treated to reduce its volatility — a move that state officials
suggested could have reduced the severity of the accident but won't
prevent others from occurring.
Hess Corporation spokesman John Roper said the oil complied with a state
order requiring propane, butane and other volatile gases to be stripped
out of crude before it's transported. That conditioning process lowers
the vapor pressure of the oil, reducing the chances of an explosive
ignition during a crash.
Despite the treatment of the crude in Wednesday's accident, six cars
carrying a combined 180,000 gallons of oil caught fire in the derailment
2 miles from the town of small Heimdal in central North Dakota. The
town was evacuated but no one was hurt.
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