New Report: Liquid pipeline deliveries rise 43 percent while community incidents drop

ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 24, 2018 –– API, along with the Association of Oil Pipe Lines (AOPL), released the pipeline industry’s 2018 Annual Liquids Pipeline Report showing that barrels of crude oil delivered by pipeline rose 43 percent from 2012 – 2016 and pipeline incidents surrounding the public or the environment declined 19 percent over the last five years. 

“Pipelines are critical to safely delivering the energy that Americans demand every day from the gasoline that fuels our economy to the life-saving medical devices made from liquid petroleum products,” said API Pipeline Manager David Murk. “Today’s report furthers the pipeline industry’s top priority of safety – especially in operator commitment to implementing pipeline safety management systems. As the demand for liquid energy grows, our industry will continue its efforts to promote safety in all of its operations to further protect our employees, communities and the environment.”

According to the report 2018 Annual Liquids Pipeline Report, pipeline safety has increased according to the following key performance indicators (KPI) identified by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Pipeline Safety Trust, and industry.

• Total incidents impacting the public or the environment declined 19 percent over the last 5 years (2013 – 2017).
• Incidents caused by integrity management failures declined 35 percent over the last 5 years.
• Incidents caused by operations or maintenance failures declined 24 percent over the last 5 years.

The 2018 API & AOPL Annual Liquids Pipeline Report is available on the API website.

API is the only national trade association representing all facets of the oil and natural gas industry, which supports 10.3 million U.S. jobs and nearly 8 percent of the U.S. economy. API’s more than 625 members include large integrated companies, as well as exploration and production, refining, marketing, pipeline, and marine businesses, and service and supply firms. They provide most of the nation’s energy and are backed by a growing grassroots movement of more than 40 million Americans.

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