Otmane El Rhazi : Crude by rail accounts for more than half of East Coast refinery supply in February

Otmane El Rhazi from Today in Energy.

Monthly rail receipts of crude oil accounted for more than half (52%) of the crude oil supply to East Coast refineries in February. As U.S. and Canadian production of crude oil has increased, crude supply by rail to East Coast (PADD 1) refineries has grown, displacing waterborne imports of crude oil from countries other than Canada, such as Nigeria