The Washington state House of Representatives has passed a bill which would set new vapor pressure limits on crude sent into the state by rail, but with a major change which could prevent the standards from ever taking effect. The standards would prohibit a facility, including Washington’s five refineries along the Puget Sound, from loading or unloading any crude from a rail tank car unless the oil has a vapor pressure of less than 9 psi. But in a change approved by the House Friday, the new standards would only be triggered if the volume of crude delivered to facilities throughout the state for a calendar year increased more than 10% above the volume reported for the calendar year 2018. This could cause refiners to keep crude-by-rail imports steady since Bakken operators have said they are […]