On the heels of the commissioning of a new gathering truck-to-rail transload facility in Canada’s oil sands-producing region, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) joined officials with two operating firms to announce capital-improvement projects worth more than a half-billion dollars.

Canadian Pacific (CP) launched crude-by-rail shipments from a new transload origination facility near Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, after leveraging its North Main Line infrastructure.

The new facility is a key enhancement to CP’s growing energy portfolio. It accommodates the initial transload and transportation needs of NuStar Energy LP (NYSE: NS), with a further ...