A new report was recently released by the Association of Oil Pipelines, examining the safety record of the the country’s 207,800+ miles of liquids pipelines which deliver crude oil, refined petroleum products, and natural gas liquids.
Report highlights include:
- Incidents per mile larger than 500 barrels decreased by 32%
- 99.999% of crude oil and petroleum products delivered by pipeline reach their destination safely
- Pipeline incidents potentially impacting people or the environment outside of operator facilities are down 52% since 1999
- Corrosion caused pipeline incidents potentially impacting people or the environment outside of operator facilities are down 68% since 1999
- In 2015, 65% of pipeline incident releases were less than 5 barrels
- 16.2 billion barrels of crude oil and petroleum products delivered by pipeline in 2014 (the most recent year data is available), a 20% increase since 2010
Read more – Association of Oil Pipe Lines (AOPL)