BNSF Honors 98 Shippers for Safe Transport of Hazardous Materials

FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) today honored 98 shippers with the railroad’s 15^th Annual Product Stewardship Award for the safe transportation of hazardous materials by rail during 2011.

“We are proud to do business with so many customers that have shown the same commitment to the safe transportation of hazardous materials.”

The companies were selected for the award for transporting a minimum of 500 loaded tank cars of hazardous materials during the previous year with zero non-accident releases during the entire transportation cycle and for successfully implementing the ethics of Product Stewardship under the American Chemistry Council's Responsible Care® initiative.

“At BNSF, our top priority is safety for our customers’ shipments, the communities we serve, our employees and the environment,” said John Lanigan, BNSF executive vice president and chief marketing officer. “We are proud to do business with so many customers that have shown the same commitment to the safe transportation of hazardous materials.”

The honorees for 2011 performance are:

Abengoa Bioenergy	Methanex Methanol Company, LLC
ADM	Montana Refining Company
Advanced BioEnergy LLC	Moose Jaw Refinery Partnership
AkzoNobel / Eka Chemicals Inc	MP Energy Partnership
Altex Energy Ltd.	Murex N A Ltd.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	Musket Corporation
Aux Sable Liquid Products	Nebraska Corn Processing, LLC
Bakken Oil Express, LLC	NGL Supply Co. Ltd.
BASF Corporation	NOVA Chemicals Corporation
Big River Resources, LLC	Olin Corporation
Big West Oil, LLC	Orica USA Inc.
Bushmills Ethanol	Oxbow Sulphur Inc.
Canexus Chemicals Canada, LP	Oxea Corp
CF Industries, Inc.	Pacer Energy Marketing
Chemtrade Logistics Inc.	Paramount Petroleum
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP	PCS Phosphate Co.
Chevron Products Company	Petrogas Energy Corp.
Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company	Plains Midstream Canada
Coffeyville Resources Refining and Marketing	Poet Biorefining
CVR Energy, Inc.	Praxair, Inc.
Dakota Gasification Company	PVS Chemicals, Inc.
E Energy Adams, LLC	Red Trail Energy, LLC
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company	Redfield Energy, LLC
Eastman Chemical Company	Rhodia Chemicals
Elbow River Marketing, LP	SemStream, LP
Enterprise Products Partners LP	Shell Oil Products
EOG Resources, Inc.	Solvay Chemicals, Inc.
ERCO Worldwide	South Hampton Resources, Inc.
Evonik Cyro LLC	Southern Chemical Corporation
Flint Hills Resources, LLC	Spectra Energy Empress, L.P.
Formosa Plastics Corporation, USA	Suncor Energy Marketing Inc.
Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc.	Targa Resources
Harmattan Gas Processing LP	Tauber Oil Company
Hereford Renewable Energy, LLC	Teck Metals Ltd.
High Sierra Crude Oil & Marketing	Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company
HollyFrontier Refining & Marketing LLC	The International Group, Inc.
Huntsman Corporation	The Plaza Group, Inc.
Husker Ag, LLC	Transammonia, Inc.
Husky Energy Inc.	Trenton Agri Products, LLC
Inergy, LP	U.S. Development Group, LLC
Irving Oil, Ltd.	U.S. Oil & Refining Co.
Kemira Water Solutions, Inc.	United Energy Trading, LLC
Keyera Energy Partnership	Univar USA, Inc.
Kinetic Resources LPG	Valero Marketing & Supply Company
Koch Nitrogen Company, LLC	Western Petroleum Company
Lansing Trade Group, LLC	Western Refining Inc.
LyondellBasell Industries	White Energy
Marathon Petroleum Corporation	Williams Energy Services, LLC
Martin Product Sales, LLC
MEGlobal Americas Inc.

About BNSF

BNSF Railway is one of North America’s leading freight transportation companies operating on 32,000 route miles of track in 28 states and two Canadian provinces. BNSF is one of the top transporters of consumer goods, grain, industrial goods and low-sulfur coal that help feed, clothe, supply, and power American homes and businesses every day. BNSF and its employees have developed one of the most technologically advanced, and efficient railroads in the industry. And we are working continuously to improve the value of the safety, service, energy, and environmental benefits we provide to our customers and the communities we serve.