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July 16, 2024

U.S. coal shipments declined 8% in 2023 as coal consumption fell sharply


May 20, 2024

U.S. electricity consumption by light-duty vehicles likely surpassed rail in 2023


April 4, 2024

EIA now publishes interregional renewable diesel rail shipment data


October 18, 2022

95% of the fuel ethanol moved in the United States in the first half of 2022 moved by rail


November 4, 2021

Added transnational oil pipeline capacity could reduce crude oil shipped by rail


May 13, 2021

Coal transported to the U.S. electric power sector declined by 22% in 2020


May 12, 2020

Coal transportation rates in the United States decreased for the fifth consecutive year


September 13, 2019

Coal shipments to the U.S. power sector continue to fall


May 2, 2018

U.S. imports of Canadian crude oil by rail increase


November 1, 2017

Widening Brent-WTI price spread unlikely to change East Coast crude oil supply


September 22, 2017

EIA now publishes estimates of monthly rail shipments of petroleum coke and asphalt


June 2, 2017

As coal shipments decline, rail remains dominant mode of coal transport to power sector


March 30, 2017

Increase in rail shipments of propane, butane to West Coast offsets decreasing production


February 2, 2017

New EIA data series track shipments of hydrocarbon gas liquids by rail


August 3, 2016

Crude-by-rail volumes to the East Coast are declining


June 10, 2016

Quarterly coal production lowest since the early 1980s


June 3, 2016

Recent data show divergent trends for rail shipments of crude oil, ethanol, and biodiesel


April 7, 2016

EIA tracks monthly ethanol and biodiesel rail movements


March 21, 2016

As coal stockpiles at power plants rise, shippers are reducing coal railcar loadings


March 11, 2016

Crude oil shipments by rail from Midwest to coastal regions decline


February 24, 2016

Rail continues to dominate coal shipments to the power sector


November 12, 2015

As total U.S. crude oil imports fall, Canada’s import supply share rises


August 10, 2015

Rail helps make Midwest a net shipper of crude oil


July 15, 2015

In Rocky Mountain region, increased crude production is being shipped by pipeline, rail


June 9, 2015

Crude by rail provides the West Coast with supply as regional crude oil production falls


May 5, 2015

Crude by rail accounts for more than half of East Coast refinery supply in February


March 31, 2015

New EIA monthly data track crude oil movements by rail


November 13, 2014

Rail shipments of oil and petroleum products through October up 13% over year-ago period


November 6, 2014

Coal stockpiles at coal-fired power plants smaller than in recent years


August 28, 2014

Rail deliveries of U.S. oil continue to increase in 2014


July 18, 2014

Light-duty vehicles’ share of transportation energy use is projected to fall


June 10, 2014

Crude-by-rail transportation provides Bakken Shale production access to major markets


April 24, 2014

Power plant coal stockpiles are expected to rebuild after heavy winter drawdown


April 14, 2014

Liquefied natural gas shows potential as a freight locomotive fuel


April 3, 2014

Rail congestion, cold weather raise ethanol spot prices


September 30, 2013

Lower railroad energy consumption reflects improved efficiency, reduced tonnage


July 10, 2013

Rail delivery of U.S. oil and petroleum products continues to increase, but pace slows


February 5, 2013

Rail traffic reflects more oil production, less coal-fired electricity generation


November 19, 2012

Cost of transporting coal to power plants rose almost 50% in decade


September 19, 2012

Trading Point: Central Appalachian (CAPP) is the nation's benchmark price for eastern coal


July 26, 2012

Rail deliveries of oil and petroleum products up 38% in first half of 2012