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BTS Home > Publications > National Transportation Statistics > 2000

Natural Gas Pipeline Profile

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Financial ($ millions)	1960	1970	1980	1990	1994	1995	1996^R	1997	1998
Transmission pipeline companies
Total operating revenues	3,190^d	5,928^d	41,604^e	21,756^e	13,841^e	12,092^e	12,050^e	10,339^e	9,450^e
Operating expenses
Operation expenses	2,031	4,094	36,075	16,429	7,811	6,121	6,314	4,975
Maintenance expenses	64	109	405	629	578	558	488	406
Taxes
Federal taxes*	223	202	1,327	768	1,172	1,048	1,085	1,076
State and local taxes*	96	174	664	477	585	534	558	455
Total operating expenses^a	2,698	5,088	39,709	19,484	11,333	9,534	9,603	7,862	6,795
Taxes (federal, state, local)^b	319	376	1,991	1,245	1,757	1,582	1,643	1,531	1,481
Operation and maintenance	2,095	4,203	36,480	17,058	8,389	6,680	6,802	5,381	4,260
Distribution pipeline companies
Total operating revenues	N	N	14,013^d	18,750^f	20,911^f	19,421^f	30,407^f	30,817^f	27,542^f
Operating expenses
Operation expenses	N	N	11,539	14,020	15,279	13,575	22,433	25,201
Maintenance expenses	N	N	252	524	589	596	868	861
Taxes
Federal taxes*	N	N	351	581	703	720	1,041	1,556
State and local taxes*	N	N	785	1,045	1,228	1,168	1,627	1,655
Total operating expenses^a	N	N	13,263	17,125	19,025	17,402	27,917	^R27,445	25,039
Taxes (federal, state, local)^b	N	N	1,136	1,625	1,917	1,888	2,668	^R2,415	2,422
Operation and maintenance	N	N	11,791	14,544	15,868	14,170	23,301	^R23,155	20,910
Investor-owned, total industry
Total operating revenues	N	N	85,918^g	66,027^g	63,446^g	58,434^g	63,600^g	^R62,660^h	57,117^h
Operating expenses
Operation expenses	N	N	73,288	49,718	43,879	37,998	43,742	46,070
Maintenance expenses	N	N	1,220	1,910	2,074	2,043	2,043	1,690
Total operating expenses^a	N	N	81,789	60,137	56,789	50,800	56,695	^R55,422	50,896
Taxes (federal, state, local)^b	N	N	4,847	4,957	6,613	6,186	6,362	^R6,384	5,429
Operation and maintenance	N	N	74,508	51,628	45,593	40,041	45,785	^R44,851	41,026
Taxes
Federal taxes*	N	N	2,327	2,038	3,112	2,723	2,932	#VALUE!
State and local taxes*	N	N	2,520	2,919	3,491	3,463	3,430	3,504
Inventory
Pipeline mileage
Transmission	183,700^I	252,200^I	266,500^j	280,100^j	268,300^j	^R268,300^j	259,300^j	^R251,100^j	253,900
Distribution	391,400	594,800	701,800	837,300	919,300	^R936,800	959,500	^R957,100	980,800
Field and gathering	55,800	66,300	83,500	89,500	70,400	^R60,400	57,500	^R43,000	45,000
Total	630,950	913,267	1,051,774	1,206,894	1,257,971	1,262,152	1,276,315	^R1251,200	1,279,700
Number of employees
Investor-owned companies	206,400^k	211,700^k	215,400^l	204,200^l	187,200^l	179,000^l	^R179,000^l	^R154,600^l	151,500^l
Transmission pipeline companies	31,400	32,400	45,200	37,400	31,000	28,000	32,300	27,500	28,400
Distribution pipeline companies	N	N	52,100	64,700	62,400	61,600	79,700	^R75,000	69,700
Integrated pipeline companies	N	N	53,200	39,900	39,400	36,400	12,700	12,300	13,600
Combination pipeline companies	N	N	52,200	50,100	42,900	42,100	38,700	30,600	30,400
Total	N	N	202,700	192,100	175,800	168,100	163,500	145,400	142,100
Number of interstate natural gas pipeline companies^c	87^m	89^m	91^m	132^m	150ⁿ	133ⁿ	138ⁿ	86^o	86^o
Performance (million cubic ft.)
Marketed production, total	12,771,038^p	21,920,642^p	20,179,724^p	18,593,792^p	19,709,525^p	19,506,474^p	^R19,812,241^p	^R19,866,093^p	19,645,554^p
Delivered to consumers, total	10,382,681^q	19,018,462^q	18,216,233^q	16,818,882^q	18,898,635^q	19,660,161^q	20,005,508^q	^R20,004,012^q	19,469,047^q
Consumed, total	11,966,537	21,139,386	19,877,293	18,715,090	20,707,717	21,580,665	^R21,966,616	^R21,958,660	21,262,023
Gas used as a pipeline fuel, total	347,075	722,166	634,622	659,816	685,362	700,335	711,446	^R751,470	635,477
Safety
Fatalities	N	26^r	15^r	6^r	21^r	18^r	48^r	^R10^r	17^r
Injured persons	N	233	177	69	113	53	114	^R72	75
Incidents	N	1,077	1,524	198	222	161	187	^R175	235

KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised.

^aDoes not add due to omission of line from source table for depreciation and other non-cash expenses.
^bFigures obtained by addition/subtraction and may not appear directly in data source.
^cAs of Sept. 30 each year.
NOTE: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCES: Unless otherwise noted, refer to chapter tables for sources.

^dAmerican Gas Association, Gas Facts,1979 (Arlington, VA), table 134.
^eIbid., Gas Facts (Arlington, VA: Annual issues), table 12-2, and similar tables in earlier edtiions.
^fIbid., table 12-3, and similar tables in earlier editions.
^gIbid., table 12-1.
^hIbid., Unpublished data and personal communication, Aug 17, 2000.
ⁱIbid., Gas Facts, 1979 (Arlington, VA ), table 44.
^JIbid., Gas Facts (Arlington, VA: Annual issues), table 5-1, and similar tables in earlier editions.
^kIbid., Gas Facts, 1979 (Arlington, VA ), table 153.
^LIbid., Gas Facts (Arlington, VA: Annual issues), table 14–2, and similar tables in earlier editions.
^mU.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Statistics of Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Companies (Washington, DC: Annual issues), preface.
ⁿFederal Energy Regulatory Commission, personal communication.
^oAmerican Gas Association, personal communication, Aug 17, 2000.
^pU.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Natural Gas Annual, 1998 (Washington, DC: October 1999), table 98. Internet site http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil gas/natural gas/data publications/natural gas annual/nga.html as of Aug 9, 2000.
^qIbid., Table 100.
^rU.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety, DPS-35, personal communication, and Internet site http://ops.dot.gov/stats.htm, as of Aug. 9, 2000.