Oil Pipeline Profile,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
FINANCIAL,1960,1970,1980,1990,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006
"Operating revenues, total ($ millions) 1",895,"1,396","7,548","8,506","8,676","9,077","8,637","8,632","8,579","9,067","8,958","9,066",U,U,U,U,U
FERC-regulated,770,"1,188","6,340","7,164","7,353","7,751","7,310","7,278","7,212","7,645","7,551","7,649",U,U,U,U,U
Nonregulated,125,208,"1,208","1,342","1,323","1,326","1,327","1,354","1,367","1,422","1,407","1,417",U,U,U,U,U
INVENTORY,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Number of FERC-regulated companies 2,87,101,130,150,158,161,160,U,U,184,U,U,U,195,195,197,U
"Number of employees, pipeline companies a, 3","23,100","17,600","21,300","18,500","17,100","15,100","14,500","14,200","13,800","13,060","13,230","13,680","12,360","12,500","12,840","13,040","12,770"
"Miles of pipeline (statute miles)b, all lines 4","190,944","218,671","218,393","208,752","190,350","181,912","177,535","179,873","178,648","177,463","176,996",U,U,U,U,U,U
Crude lines,"141,085","146,275","129,831","118,805","103,277","97,029","92,610","91,523","87,663","86,369","85,480",U,U,U,U,U,U
Product lines,"49,859","72,396","88,562","89,947","87,073","84,883","84,925","88,350","90,985","91,094","91,516",U,U,U,U,U,U
PERFORMANCE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Intercity ton-miles, total (millions) 5","229,000","431,000","588,200","584,100","591,400","601,100","619,200","616,500","619,800","617,700","577,300","576,100","586,200","590,200","599,600",U,U
Crude oil ,N,N,"362,600","334,800","322,600","335,900","338,300","337,400","334,100","321,100","283,400","277,000","286,600","284,500","283,700",U,U
Petroleum products,N,N,"225,600","249,300","268,800","265,200","280,900","279,100","285,700","296,600","293,900","299,100","299,600","305,700","315,900",U,U
Tons transported (millions) 5,468.0,790.2,921.0,"1,057.4","1,063.6","1,074.3","1,114.1","1,108.0","1,116.3","1,125.2","1,146.8","1,123.4",U,U,U,U,U
Average length of haul (statute miles),,,,,,,,,,,,,U,U,U,U,U
Crude oil 6,325,300,871,812,778,797,779,781,767,766,U,U,U,U,U,U,U
Petroleum products 6,269,357,414,387,414,402,413,413,420,418,U,U,U,U,U,U,U
SAFETY 7,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Fatalities ,N,4,4,3,1,3,5,0,2,4,1,0,1,0,5,2,0
Injured persons,N,21,15,7,c 7,11,13,5,6,20,4,10,0,5,16,2,2
Incidents,N,351,246,180,245,188,194,171,153,167,146,130,147,131,144,(R) 138,110
KEY: FERC = Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"a  Includes companies whose pipelines carry crude petroleum, petroleum products, and nonpetroleum pipeline liquids.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"b  Regulated plus unregulated mileage of crude oil trunk and gathering lines, plus refined oil trunk lines.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"c Does not include the 1,851 injuries that required medical treatment, caused by severe flooding near Houston, Texas, reported for October, 1994.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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NOTE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
The Interstate Commerce Committee regulated oil pipelines in the 1960s and 1970s.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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SOURCES,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1 Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation In America 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), pp. 38 and 39, and similar tables in earlier editions. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"2 1960-96: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, personal communication.  ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1999: Ibid., Internet site www.ferc.fed.us/oil/oil_list.htm as of June 21, 2001.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"2003: Ibid., Internet site www.ferc.gov/industries/oil/gen-info/reg-central.asp as of  Aug. 26, 2004. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"2004: Ibid., Internet site www.ferc.gov/industries/oil/gen-info/reg-central.asp as of  Mar. 16, 2005.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"2005: Ibid., Internet site www.ferc.gov/industries/oil/gen-info/reg-central.asp as of  Oct. 27, 2006.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"3 1960-80: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment, Hours and Earnings, United States, 1909-94 (Washington, DC:  September 1994), SIC 46.    ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1990-1994: Ibid., Hours and Earnings, United States, 1988-1996 (Washington, DC: July 1996), SIC 46.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1995-98: Ibid., Internet site www.bls.gov, SIC 46, as of Apr. 19, 1999.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1999-2001: Ibid., Internet site www.bls.gov/oes, SIC 46, as of June 30, 2003.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"2002-03: Ibid, Internet site www.bls.gov/oes, NAICS 486100 and NAICS 486900, as of Mar. 16, 2005.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"2004-06: Ibid, Internet site www.bls.gov/oes, NAICS 486100 and NAICS 486900, as of Oct. 26, 2007.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"4 Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation In America 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), pp. 58 and 59, and similar tables in earlier editions.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"5 1960-70: Ibid., Transportation in America, 1998 (Washington, DC: 1998), p. 44 and Transportation in America, Supplement, 1999 (Washington, DC: 1999). ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1980-98: Ibid., Transpotation in America, 2002 (Washington, DC: 2002), p. 53, and similar tables in earlier editions.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1999-2004:  Association of Oil Pipe Lines,  Shifts in Petroleum Transportation(Washington, DC: 2004), Internet site http://www.aopl.org/pubs/facts.html as of Oct. 27, 2006.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"6 1960-70: Ibid., Transportation In America 1999 (Washington, DC: 1999), p. 71. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1980-99: Ibid.,Transportation In America 2000 (Washington, DC: 2000), p. 51.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"7 U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety, available at Internet site http://ops.dot.gov/stats/lq_sum.htm as of Sept. 26, 2007, and earlier tables for 1970 and 1980 data.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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