CEPA Member Pipeline Integrity Performance

 

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Pipeline Length (1000 km)
 79.2 80.0 78.6 78.2 85.8 93.1 100.2 100.6
# of Failure Incidents (per 1000 km)
 0.088 0.075 0.102 0.064 0.210 0.172 0.130 0.219
# of Significant Failure Incidents (per 1000 km)
 0.076 0.050 0.00 0.026 0.023 0.032 0.030 0.050
Liquid Released (m3)
 64 25 2 0 8 2,402 58 605
Gas Released (106 m3)
 8.31 5.77 6.20 0.90 0.00 0.00 4.07 7.76
Fatalities
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source: CEPA Composite Indicators

Notes

Failure Incident: Any unplanned release of product due to a failure of a pipe.

Significant Failure Incident: A failure incident that includes one or more of the following:

  1. Caused a serious injury or fatality
  2. Caused a liquid release of greater than 8 m3 (50 US barrels)
  3. Produced an unintentional ignition or fire
  4. Occurred as a rupture

Incident frequencies are expressed as the number of incidents per 1000-km-years of service.

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