UPDATE 1-U.S. petroleum rail shipments up nearly 50 pct in 2012

Posted on January 03, 2013 at 15:47 PM EST

HOUSTON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Shipments of petroleum on U.S. railroads rose more than 46 percent in 2012 as shale oil producers put record amounts of crude on trains to overcome pipeline capacity constraints.

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