Category: Oil And Gas

“Pipeline operators and their trade organizations shaped, managed and provided sizable funding for numerous safety studies conducted by the federal agency that regulates the industry” according to a Hearst Newspaper investigation. The agency is the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration which is involved in the development of national…

Texas has more pipelines than any other state in the nation. The state has 47,000 miles of natural gas transmission pipelines (large), 103,000 miles of natural gas distribution pipelines (medium), and 51,000 miles of pipelines carrying hazardous liquids. Texas has 25,000 miles of pre-1970 natural gas transmission pipelines, many of…