July 15, 2015
Irving: No more Maine crude oil shipments
Irving Oil is no longer shipping crude oil on railroads through Maine, though the Canadian company says the decision is not related to the 2013 Lac-Megantic rail disaster.
The company confirmed the news to the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting in a June 30 email. Mark Sherman, who is now Irving’s chief operating officer, told the publication that the policy change was the result of global oil-supply-and-demand issues.
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