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You are here: Home / News / Research explores options for moving oil and gas in Texas

Research explores options for moving oil and gas in Texas

Posted on November 10, 2016

After 2007, the application of hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) and horizontal drilling techniques led to rapid new development in the oil and natural gas (O&G) industries in many areas of Texas and in other shale formation areas across the United States. Between 2007 and 2014, an increasing demand for O&G products in a favorable market (high prices for Texas O&G products with favorable marginal prices compared to worldwide benchmarks) resulted in dramatically increased drilling activity and associated freight traffic on Texas roadways in energy production areas moving drilling equipment, fracking sand, water, and other energy-development-related freight. Increased roadway wear-and-tear was one consequence of that activity.

This study explored the potential options regarding the use of rail and pipeline infrastructure to address the growing costs of roadway rehabilitation in the energy production areas of Texas. Read the full report, Oil and Gas Freight Transportation Alternatives, by Allan Rutter, head of TTI’s Freight Mobility Division, and Curtis Morgan, program manager of TTI’s Rail Research Program.

Modal Comparison Table
Table 1: Modal Comparison Table, found on page 14 of the report.

Other related research:

  • Moving Texas Exports: The Liquefied Natural Gas Export Supply Chain
  • Oil and Gas Energy Developments and Changes in Crash Trends in Texas
  • Oil and Gas Energy Developments and Changes in Pavement Conditions in Texas
  • Energy Development Impacts on State Roadways

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