Getting oil from point A to point B is done with railroad cars. Warren Buffet owns Burlington Northern and is best friends with Barry O. A nice pile of income transporting all that oil when a pipeline would do the same cheaper and safer.
From the Everett Herald:
Train derails, spills oil, sparks fire in Columbia River Gorge
A train towing a highly volatile type of oil derailed Friday in Oregon’s scenic Columbia River Gorge, igniting a fire that sent a plume of black smoke high into the sky and spurring evacuations and road closures.
Eleven cars derailed in the 96-car Union Pacific train and at least one ignited, releasing oil alongside tracks that parallel the region’s treasured Columbia River, said Aaron Hunt, a spokesman for the railroad. All the cars were carrying Bakken oil, a type of oil that is more flammable because it has a higher gas content and vapor pressure and lower flash point than other varieties.
A lot more at the post including a rundown of recent accidents. This particular wreck may have been a Union Pacific but they were running on BNSF tracks. Buffet gets a bit of squeeze from everyone.