Pipelines are one of the safest ways to deliver oil and petroleum products, according to the Annual Liquids Pipeline Safety Excellence Performance Report & Strategic Plan released by the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the Association Of Oil Pipe Lines (AOPL).
Representing a 13% increase over the last 5 years, 207,800 miles of liquids pipeline across America deliver crude oil, refined petroleum products and natural gas liquids, safely greater than 99.999% of the time. Nevertheless, pipeline operators’ ultimate goal: zero pipeline incidents, pushing forward with new technologies to keep pipelines safe, new methods for inspecting, monitoring, building, and performing preventative maintenance on pipelines, and new systems for managing pipeline safety programs.