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The report below provides details and incident history for the pipeline systems in the state of Louisiana.

The incidents reported below are limited to Significant Incidents (A) over the period 1998 to 2008 only. Each year and selected column totals provide links to focused reports showing the causes of the corresponding incidents.

The data sources for this report are the PHMSA Filtered Incident Files (1) (2) (3) and several pipeline mileage data sources as described below.

• Hazardous Liquid - National Pipeline Mapping System (4)
• Gas Transmission - National Pipeline Mapping System (4)
• Gas Gathering - Calendar Year 2007 Annual Reports (5)
• Gas Distribution - Calendar Year 2007 Annual Reports (6)

All mileages are for the year 2007 and are approximate as some data sources may not contain a complete record of state pipeline mileage for the year 2007.

See State Significant Incident Detail Listing for more information about each Significant Incident in Louisiana

Where appropriate, the table columns can be sorted by clicking the corresponding column header.

Louisiana Pipeline Safety Regulatory Fact Sheet

More Pipeline Incident and Mileage Reports are available.

• Louisiana Pipeline Mileage
• Louisiana Significant Incident Summary
• Louisiana Mileage by Commodity
• Louisiana Mileage by County

Pipeline Mileage Overview

Pipeline System	Mileage
Hazardous liquid line mileage	14,696
Gas transmission line mileage	31,000
Gas Gathering line mileage	4,642
Gas distribution mileage ( 1,107,783 total services (B))	25,130
Total pipeline mileage	75,467

• All Pipeline Systems
• Hazardous Liquid
• Gas Transmission
• Gas Gathering
• Gas Distribution

Louisiana All Pipeline Systems: 1998-2008 YTD

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage (C) (D)	Gross Barrels Lost	Barrels Recovered	Net Barrels Lost
1998	27	1	3	$31,194,169	17,963	14,690	3,273
1999	13	0	1	$5,858,714	7,644	5,713	1,931
2000	21	1	5	$9,014,197	4,858	2,476	2,382
2001	25	0	0	$17,563,667	1,940	1,420	520
2002	28	0	0	$28,975,016	10,235	1,324	8,911
2003	29	0	3	$23,480,530	1,910	622	1,288
2004	22	1	0	$40,048,096	3,273	2	3,271
2005	30	1	1	$577,244,125	62,682	51,899	10,783
2006	27	0	1	$20,214,247	6,256	292	5,964
2007	21	2	1	$18,534,481	538	400	138
2008 YTD	7	0	0	$9,270,480	399	328	71
Totals	250	6	15	$781,397,722	117,699	79,166	38,533
3 Year Average (2005-2007)	26	1	1	$205,330,951	23,159	17,530	5,628
5 Year Average (2003-2007)	26	1	1	$135,904,296	14,932	10,643	4,289
10 Year Average (1998-2007)	24	1	2	$77,212,724	11,730	7,884	3,846

• All Hazardous Liquid Systems
• Onshore Only
• Offshore Only

Louisiana Hazardous Liquid: 1998-2008 YTD

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage (C) (D)	Gross Barrels Lost	Barrels Recovered	Net Barrels Lost
1998	7	1	0	$18,924,877	17,963	14,690	3,273
1999	7	0	0	$4,584,560	7,644	5,713	1,931
2000	9	0	0	$5,369,446	4,858	2,476	2,382
2001	8	0	0	$2,779,346	1,940	1,420	520
2002	11	0	0	$14,994,544	10,235	1,324	8,911
2003	9	0	0	$10,416,537	1,910	622	1,288
2004	9	0	0	$18,371,332	3,273	2	3,271
2005	10	0	0	$45,839,554	62,682	51,899	10,783
2006	9	0	0	$2,949,138	6,256	292	5,964
2007	5	0	0	$1,600,224	538	400	138
2008 YTD	4	0	0	$994,980	399	328	71
Totals	88	1	0	$126,824,538	117,699	79,166	38,533
3 Year Average (2005-2007)	8	0	0	$16,796,305	23,159	17,530	5,628
5 Year Average (2003-2007)	8	0	0	$15,835,357	14,932	10,643	4,289
10 Year Average (1998-2007)	8	0	0	$12,582,956	11,730	7,884	3,846

Louisiana Hazardous Liquid Onshore: 1998-2008 YTD

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage (C) (D)	Gross Barrels Lost	Barrels Recovered	Net Barrels Lost
1998	7	1	0	$18,924,877	17,963	14,690	3,273
1999	6	0	0	$756,117	6,794	5,523	1,271
2000	9	0	0	$5,369,446	4,858	2,476	2,382
2001	7	0	0	$2,641,840	1,940	1,420	520
2002	11	0	0	$14,994,544	10,235	1,324	8,911
2003	9	0	0	$10,416,537	1,910	622	1,288
2004	9	0	0	$18,371,332	3,273	2	3,271
2005	10	0	0	$45,839,554	62,682	51,899	10,783
2006	9	0	0	$2,949,138	6,256	292	5,964
2007	5	0	0	$1,600,224	538	400	138
2008 YTD	4	0	0	$994,980	399	328	71
Totals	86	1	0	$122,858,589	116,849	78,976	37,873
3 Year Average (2005-2007)	8	0	0	$16,796,305	23,159	17,530	5,628
5 Year Average (2003-2007)	8	0	0	$15,835,357	14,932	10,643	4,289
10 Year Average (1998-2007)	8	0	0	$12,186,361	11,645	7,865	3,780

Louisiana Hazardous Liquid Offshore: 1998-2008 YTD

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage (C) (D)	Gross Barrels Lost	Barrels Recovered	Net Barrels Lost
1998	0	0	0	$0	0	0	0
1999	1	0	0	$3,828,443	850	190	660
2000	0	0	0	$0	0	0	0
2001	1	0	0	$137,506	0	0	0
2002	0	0	0	$0	0	0	0
2003	0	0	0	$0	0	0	0
2004	0	0	0	$0	0	0	0
2005	0	0	0	$0	0	0	0
2006	0	0	0	$0	0	0	0
2007	0	0	0	$0	0	0	0
2008 YTD	0	0	0	$0	0	0	0
Totals	2	0	0	$3,965,949	850	190	660
3 Year Average (2005-2007)	0	0	0	$0	0	0	0
5 Year Average (2003-2007)	0	0	0	$0	0	0	0
10 Year Average (1998-2007)	0	0	0	$396,595	85	19	66

• All Gas Transmission Systems
• Onshore Only
• Offshore Only

Louisiana Gas Transmission: 1998-2008 YTD

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage (C) (D)
1998	12	0	0	$9,360,268
1999	4	0	0	$975,057
2000	9	0	5	$3,386,757
2001	11	0	0	$3,519,571
2002	14	0	0	$12,675,039
2003	17	0	1	$12,783,697
2004	11	0	0	$20,936,117
2005	16	0	1	$25,115,006
2006	17	0	1	$17,013,462
2007	15	2	1	$16,474,257
2008 YTD	3	0	0	$8,275,500
Totals	129	2	9	$130,514,731
3 Year Average (2005-2007)	16	1	1	$19,534,242
5 Year Average (2003-2007)	15	0	1	$18,464,508
10 Year Average (1998-2007)	13	0	1	$12,223,923

Louisiana Gas Transmission Onshore: 1998-2008 YTD

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage (C) (D)
1998	3	0	0	$1,149,549
1999	2	0	0	$317,043
2000	4	0	5	$2,157,768
2001	8	0	0	$2,341,600
2002	5	0	0	$2,877,681
2003	10	0	1	$9,636,357
2004	3	0	0	$1,293,802
2005	11	0	1	$19,889,242
2006	7	0	1	$13,788,610
2007	9	2	1	$14,906,057
2008 YTD	2	0	0	$7,747,500
Totals	64	2	9	$76,105,209
3 Year Average (2005-2007)	9	1	1	$16,194,636
5 Year Average (2003-2007)	8	0	1	$11,902,814
10 Year Average (1998-2007)	6	0	1	$6,835,771

Louisiana Gas Transmission Offshore: 1998-2008 YTD

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage (C) (D)
1998	9	0	0	$8,210,719
1999	2	0	0	$658,014
2000	5	0	0	$1,228,989
2001	3	0	0	$1,177,971
2002	9	0	0	$9,797,358
2003	7	0	0	$3,147,340
2004	8	0	0	$19,642,315
2005	5	0	0	$5,225,764
2006	10	0	0	$3,224,852
2007	6	0	0	$1,568,200
2008 YTD	1	0	0	$528,000
Totals	65	0	0	$54,409,522
3 Year Average (2005-2007)	7	0	0	$3,339,605
5 Year Average (2003-2007)	7	0	0	$6,561,694
10 Year Average (1998-2007)	6	0	0	$5,388,152

Louisiana Gas Gathering: 1998-2008 YTD

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage (C) (D)
1998	4	0	0	$2,545,396
1999	1	0	0	$299,097
2000	1	0	0	$140,724
2001	5	0	0	$11,092,867
2002	3	0	0	$1,305,433
2003	0	0	0	$0
2004	1	0	0	$675,035
2005	1	0	0	$755,370
2006	1	0	0	$251,647
2007	1	0	0	$460,000
2008 YTD	0	0	0	$0
Totals	18	0	0	$17,525,569
3 Year Average (2005-2007)	1	0	0	$489,006
5 Year Average (2003-2007)	1	0	0	$428,410
10 Year Average (1998-2007)	2	0	0	$1,752,557

Louisiana Gas Distribution: 1998-2008 YTD

Year	Number	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage (C) (D)
1998	4	0	3	$363,628
1999	1	0	1	$0
2000	2	1	0	$117,270
2001	1	0	0	$171,883
2002	0	0	0	$0
2003	3	0	2	$280,296
2004	1	1	0	$65,612
2005	3	1	0	$505,534,195
2006	0	0	0	$0
2007	0	0	0	$0
2008 YTD	0	0	0	$0
Totals	15	3	6	$506,532,884
3 Year Average (2005-2007)	1	0	0	$168,511,398
5 Year Average (2003-2007)	1	0	0	$101,176,021
10 Year Average (1998-2007)	2	0	1	$50,653,288

Transmission Mileage by Commodity

Commodity	Pipeline Miles	%
Anhydrous Ammonia	397	0.8%
Carbon Dioxide	69	0.1%
Crude Oil	7,453	16.3%
Empty	54	0.1%
Empty Gas	15	0.0%
Empty Liquid	262	0.5%
Hydrogen Gas	260	0.5%
Highly Volatile Liquid	2,640	5.7%
Liquid Petroleum Gas	778	1.7%
Natural Gas	30,242	66.1%
Natural Gas Liquids	1,352	2.9%
Other Gas	413	0.9%
Other	1	0.0%
Other Liquids	23	0.0%
Refined Products	1,735	3.8%
Totals	45,694	100%

Transmission Mileage by County

County	Gas Miles	Liquid Miles	%
Acadia	929	468	3.0%
Allen	310	0	0.6%
Ascension	344	518	1.8%
Assumption	414	168	1.2%
Avoyelles	90	81	0.3%
Beauregard	347	104	0.9%
Bienville	478	90	1.2%
Bossier	285	109	0.8%
Caddo	343	158	1.1%
Calcasieu	951	964	4.1%
Caldwell	206	26	0.5%
Cameron	1,136	329	3.2%
Catahoula	92	1	0.2%
Claiborne	262	149	0.9%
Concordia	53	33	0.1%
De Soto	432	5	0.9%
East Baton Rouge	222	484	1.5%
East Carroll	215	44	0.5%
East Feliciana	120	90	0.4%
Evangeline	494	61	1.2%
Franklin	308	32	0.7%
Grant	171	56	0.5%
Iberia	479	170	1.4%
Iberville	502	683	2.5%
Jackson	315	25	0.7%
Jefferson	238	199	0.9%
Jefferson Davis	667	265	2.0%
La Salle	349	55	0.8%
Lafayette	380	136	1.1%
Lafourche	808	495	2.8%
Lincoln	390	71	1.0%
Livingston	201	26	0.5%
Madison	112	0	0.2%
Morehouse	482	33	1.1%
Natchitoches	342	120	1.0%
Offshore	7,028	4,088	24.3%
Orleans	66	34	0.2%
Ouachita	688	1	1.5%
Plaquemines	811	535	2.9%
Pointe Coupee	374	142	1.1%
Rapides	590	98	1.5%
Red River	158	49	0.4%
Richland	276	49	0.7%
Sabine	175	83	0.5%
St. Bernard	202	94	0.6%
St. Charles	313	290	1.3%
St. Helena	188	143	0.7%
St. James	248	271	1.1%
St. John the Baptist	107	198	0.6%
St. Landry	649	202	1.8%
St. Martin	387	236	1.3%
St. Mary	948	249	2.6%
St. Tammany	212	63	0.6%
Tangipahoa	180	42	0.4%
Tensas	7	19	0.0%
Terrebonne	920	338	2.7%
Union	348	147	1.0%
Vermilion	1,274	329	3.5%
Vernon	108	119	0.5%
Washington	241	15	0.5%
Webster	271	109	0.8%
West Baton Rouge	217	409	1.3%
West Carroll	238	48	0.6%
West Feliciana	90	9	0.2%
Winn	214	24	0.5%
Totals	30,995	14,700	100%

Notes

1. Significant Incidents are those incidents reported by pipeline operators with any of the following conditions are met: 1) fatality or injury requiring in-patient hospitalization. 2) $50,000 or more in total costs, measured in 1984 dollars. 3) highly volatile liquid releases of 5 barrels or more or other liquid releases of 50 barrels or more. 4) liquid releases resulting in an unintentional fire or explosion
2. Gas distribution service lines (the connection between the distribution line and the end user) are not included in the Gas distribution mileage. The total number of such services is provided.
3. Costs in the current year (2008) are nominal (as reported). The costs for incidents prior to 2008 are presented in 2007 dollars. Cost of Gas lost is indexed via the Energy Information Administration, Natural Gas City Gate Prices. All other costs are adjusted via the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Government Printing Office inflation values.
4. For years 2002 and later, property damage is estimated as the sum of all public and private costs reported in the 30-day incident report. For years prior to 2002, accident report forms did not include a breakdown of public and private costs so property damage for these years is the reported total property damage field in the report. All costs prior to 2008 are expressed in 2007 dollars. Costs in current year (2008) are nominal.

Sources

1. PHMSA Hazardous Liquid Filtered Incidents File - July 14, 2008
2. PHMSA Gas Transmission Filtered Incidents File - July 14, 2008
3. PHMSA Gas Distribution Filtered Incidents File - July 14, 2008
4. Pipeline transmission mileage derived from the National Pipeline Mapping System - March 18, 2008
5. Calendar year 2007 Gas Transmission Annual Report from pipeline operators. - July 16, 2008
6. Calendar year 2007 Gas Distribution Annual Report from pipeline operators. - July 16, 2008

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