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Derailments Raise Questions About Volatility of Oilsands Diluted Bitumen

By Carol Linnitt March 12, 2015

When a CN train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire last weekend near Gogama, Ontario, it became the fifth loaded oil train to leave the tracks in North America in the past two months — and it’s raising new questions about the volatility of diluted bitumen from Alberta’s oilsands.

In the March 7th accident, several cars slid into the Mattagami River and ignited, leading local officials to issue a drinking water warning for the Mattagami First Nation.

The accident comes less than a month after another CN tanker train carrying crude derailed in the same region, about 200 kilometres north of (Read more…)