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Table 1-10: U.S. Oil and Gas Pipeline Mileage

Friday, April 14, 2017

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  1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Oil pipeline, totala U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U
Crude lines U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U
Product lines U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U
Gas pipelineb, total 630,900 767,500 913,300 979,300 1,051,800 1,110,785 1,270,295 1,217,451 1,216,081 1,276,303 1,335,530 1,331,788 1,290,163 1,331,606 1,372,639 1,364,281 1,377,320
Distribution mains 391,400 494,500 594,800 648,200 701,800 784,852 945,964 890,876 891,984 950,984 1,002,669 1,003,910 976,945 1,002,829 1,040,765 1,035,946 1,050,802
Transmission pipelines 183,700 211,300 252,200 262,600 266,500 290,464 291,925 293,862 291,468 293,263 301,545 296,947 284,672 294,370 302,709 296,059 298,957
Gathering linesc 55,800 61,700 66,300 68,500 83,500 35,469 32,406 32,713 32,629 32,056 31,316 30,931 28,546 34,407 29,165 32,276 27,561

 

  2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Oil pipeline, totala 154,877 149,619 139,901 142,200 131,334 140,407 147,235 146,822 148,622 147,524 149,571 151,912 152,016 160,521 U
Crude lines 52,386 52,854 50,149 50,749 46,234 47,617 46,658 50,214 49,585 50,198 50,004 51,349 49,974 56,375 U
Product lines 85,214 80,551 75,565 76,258 71,310 81,103 85,666 84,914 87,788 86,889 86,699 86,486 87,452 89,663 U
Gas pipelineb, total 1,412,876 (R) 1,462,214 (R) 1,432,045 1,470,290 1,489,242 (R) 1,509,307 (R) 1,524,438 (R) 1,533,876 (R) 1,545,475 (R) 1,554,270 (R) 1,563,512 (R) 1,567,310 (R) 1,575,536 (R) 1,585,672 1,596,214
Distribution mains 1,101,485 1,136,473 1,107,553 1,142,297 1,165,020 (R) 1,188,085 (R) 1,203,330 (R) 1,210,032 (R) 1,220,539 (R) 1,229,844 (R) 1,239,178 (R) 1,247,437 (R) 1,255,340 (R) 1,266,359 1,277,290
Transmission pipelines 289,994 302,999 301,493 303,001 300,468 300,324 301,066 303,181 (R) 304,560 304,805 (R) 305,057 303,341 (R) 302,827 (R) 301,804 301,177
Gathering linesc 21,397 22,742 22,999 24,992 23,754 20,898 20,042 20,663 (R) 20,376 (R) 19,621 (R) 19,277 16,532 17,369 (R) 17,509 17,747

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

a Beginning in 2001, data include information for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission-regulated oil pipeline companies only. For years 2001 and after, total miles of pipeline include both trunk and Gathering lines, whereas the individual components, namely, crude and product lines, include the mileages of trunk lines only. Thus, details do not add to the total for this period.

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

c Before 1985, data include field line mileage.

NOTES

Mileage data reported in Gas Facts, prior to 1985, is taken from the American Gas Association's member survey, the Uniform Statistical Report, supplemented with estimates for companies that did not participate.

SOURCES

Oil pipeline:

2001-14: PennWell Corporation, Oil and Gas Journal: Transportation Economics (Houston, TX), Oil Pipelines.

Gas pipeline:

1960-75: American Gas Association, Gas Facts, 1979 (Arlington, VA: 1980), table 44. 1980: Ibid., Gas Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issue), tables 5-1 and 5-3.

1985-2015: U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety, Natural Gas Transmission, Gas Distribution, and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Annual Mileage, available at http://phmsa.dot.gov/pipeline/library/data-stats as of Mar. 28, 2017.