Times_Dispatch: The frequency and volume of Bakken crude rail shipments are driven by oil production in North Dakota that is second only to Texas in the U.S. Production there rose from 81,000 barrels a day in 2006 to 900,000 barrels a day last year.
With production exceeding pipeline capacity, rail became attractive because of the location and the fact there is a ready market for (light crude oil) on the East Coast, said Sandy Fielden, an analyst at RBN Energy in Houston.
Generally, everything produced...