Utah’s proposed oil railroad clears final regulatory hurdle

The multi-billion-dollar railway project is intended to quadruple oil production in the Uinta Basin.

and other environmental groups are fighting the oil-hauling project because it is intended to quadruple oil production in the Uinta Basin. They are upset with the Biden administration for approving a costly infrastructure project that would further lock in the nation’s reliance on fossil fuels blamed for climate change.

The map of alternate routes proposed for the Uinta Basin Railway approved by the Surface Transportation Board. , based in Ogden, concluded the Forest Service decision on the right of way was sound, putting the matter to rest at the administrative level.Surface Transportation BoardRailroad backers say the hydrocarbon-rich basin in northeast Utah could produce far more oil, but transportation bottlenecks limit production to about 90,000 barrels a day.

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