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US, Canada jointly release crude-by-rail transportation rules. The US and Canada simultaneously issued new regulations governing transportation of crude oil and other hazardous materials by rail.
Crude oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons. These are separated into useful products, such as fuels, using a process called fractional distillation. The demand for short hydrocarbon molecules is greater than their supply in crude oil, so a reaction called cracking is used.Cracking converts long alkane molecules into shorter alkanes and alkenes, which are more useful. The exploitation of oil can damage the environment-for example, through oil spills.he demand for short hydrocarbon molecules is greater than their supply in crude oil, so a reaction called cracking is used. Cracking converts long alkane molecules into shorter alkanes and alkenes, which are more useful. The exploitation of oil can damage the environment-for example, through oil spills.