BTS | Table 1-8: U.S. Oil and Gas Pipeline Mileage

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Table 1-8: U.S. Oil and Gas Pipeline Mileage

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	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Oil pipeline
Crude lines^a	141,085	149,424	146,275	145,679	129,831	117,812	118,805	115,860	110,651	107,246	103,277	^R97,029	92,610	91,523	87,663	86,369
Product lines	49,859	61,443	72,396	80,210	88,562	95,793	89,947	87,968	85,894	86,734	87,073	^R84,883	84,925	88,350	90,985	91,094
Total	190,944	210,867	218,671	225,889	218,393	213,605	208,752	203,828	196,545	193,980	190,350	^R181,912	177,535	179,873	178,648	177,463
Gas pipeline^b
Distribution mains	391,400	494,500	594,800	648,200	701,800	753,400	837,300	857,500	883,200	908,300	919,300	936,800	959,500	957,100	^R999,000	1,045,919
Transmission pipelines^c	183,700	211,300	252,200	262,600	266,500	271,200	280,100	281,600	284,500	269,600	268,300	263,900	259,300	251,100	^R255,800	263,347
Field and gathering lines	55,800	61,700	66,300	68,500	83,500	94,300	89,500	86,300	86,200	73,100	70,400	60,400	57,500	43,000	^R40,200	36,115
Total	630,950	767,520	913,267	979,263	1,051,774	1,118,875	1,206,894	1,225,358	1,253,924	1,251,095	1,257,971	1,261,100	1,276,315	1,251,200	^R1,295,000	1,345,381

KEY: R = revised; U = data are not available.

^a Includes trunk and gathering lines.

^b Excludes service pipe. Data are not adjusted to common diameter equivalent. Mileage as of the end of each year.

^c After 1975, includes 5,000-6,200 miles of underground storage pipe.

NOTE: For gas pipeline data from 1960-1998, numbers may not add to totals due to rounding because the source provides exact numbers for totals, but rounded mileage for subtotals. Exact subtotals were available for 1999.

SOURCES:

Oil pipeline:

1960-99: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America, 2000 (Washington, DC: 2001), p. 44.

Gas pipeline:

1960-97,1999: American Gas Association, Gas Facts (Arlington, VA: Annual issues), tables 5-1 and 5-3, and similar tables in earlier editions.

1998: Ibid., personal communications as of Dec. 19, 2001.