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Oil Pipeline Profile
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| Operating revenues ($ millions) |
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| FERC-regulated |
4 770 |
4 1,188 |
4 6,340 |
4 7,164 |
4 7,353 |
7,751 |
7,310 |
4 7,278 |
4 7,212 |
4 7,645 |
| Nonregulated |
125 |
208 |
1,208 |
1,342 |
1,323 |
1,326 |
1,327 |
1,354 |
1,367 |
1,422 |
| Total |
895 |
1,396 |
7,548 |
8,506 |
8,676 |
9,077 |
8,637 |
8,632 |
8,579 |
9,067 |
| Number of FERC-regulated companies |
5 87 |
5 101 |
5 130 |
5 150 |
5 158 |
5 161 |
5 160 |
U |
U |
12 184 |
| Number of employees, pipeline companies a |
6 23,100 |
6 17,600 |
6 21,300 |
10 18,500 |
10 17,100 |
11 15,100 |
11 14,500 |
11 14,200 |
11 13,800 |
13 13,060 |
| Miles of pipeline (statute miles) b |
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| Crude lines 1 |
141,085 |
146,275 |
129,831 |
118,805 |
103,277 |
97,029 |
92,610 |
91,523 |
87,663 |
86,369 |
| Product lines |
49,859 |
72,396 |
88,562 |
89,947 |
87,073 |
84,883 |
84,925 |
88,350 |
90,985 |
91,094 |
| All lines |
190,944 |
218,671 |
218,393 |
208,752 |
190,350 |
181,912 |
177,535 |
179,873 |
178,648 |
177,463 |
| Intercity ton-miles (millions) |
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| Crude oil 2 |
N |
N |
362,600 |
334,800 |
322,600 |
335,900 |
338,300 |
337,400 |
334,100 |
336,200 |
| Petroleum products |
N |
N |
225,600 |
249,300 |
268,800 |
265,200 |
280,900 |
279,100 |
285,700 |
286,800 |
| Total |
7 229,000 |
7 431,000 |
588,200 |
584,100 |
591,400 |
601,100 |
619,200 |
616,500 |
619,800 |
623,000 |
| Tons transported (millions) |
2 468.0 |
2 790.2 |
921.0 |
1,057.4 |
1,063.6 |
1,080.6 |
1,114.1 |
1,108.0 |
1,116.3 |
1,125.2 |
| Average length of haul (statute miles) |
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| Crude oil |
8 325 |
8 300 |
9 871 |
9 812 |
9 778 |
9 797 |
9 779 |
9 781 |
9 767 |
9 766 |
| Petroleum products |
269 |
357 |
414 |
387 |
414 |
402 |
413 |
413 |
420 |
418 |
| Fatalities 3 |
N |
4 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
| Injured persons |
N |
21 |
15 |
7 |
c 7 |
11 |
13 |
5 |
6 |
20 |
| Incidents |
N |
351 |
246 |
180 |
245 |
188 |
194 |
171 |
153 |
168 |
KEY: FERC = Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; N = data do not exist;
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.
NOTE
The Interstate Commerce Committee regulated oil pipelines in the 1960s and
1970s.
SOURCES
Unless otherwise noted, refer to chapter tables for sources.
1 Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation In America
2000, with historical compendium 1939-1999 (Washington, DC: 2000), p. 44.
2 Ibid., pp. 28 and 29.
3 U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs
Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety, available at Internet site http://ops.dot.gov/stats/lq sum.htm
as of May 31, 2002.
4 Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation In America
2000, with historical compendium 1939-1999 (Washington, DC: 2000), pp. 4-7.
5 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, personal communication.
6 U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment,
Hours and Earnings, United States, 1909-94 (Washington, DC: September
1994), SIC 46.
7 Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America,
1998 (Washington, DC: 1998), p. 44 and Transportation in America,
Supplement, 1999 (Washington, DC: 1999).
8 Ibid., p. 71.
9 Ibid.,Transportation In America 2000, with historical compendium
1939-1999 (Washington, DC: 2000), p. 51.
10 U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment,
Hours and Earnings, United States, 1988-1996 (Washington, DC: July 1996),
SIC 46.
11 Ibid., Internet site www.bls.gov as of Apr. 19, 1999.
12 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Internet site www.ferc.fed.us/oil/oil list.htm
as of June 21, 2001.
13 U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Internet
site http://www.bls.gov/oes/1999/oesi2 46.htm as of July 3, 2001.
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