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The American Petroleum Institute API and the Liquid Energy Pipeline Association LEPA released their 2023-2025 Pipeline Excellence Strategic Plan and 2022 Performance Report outlining the pipeline industrys continuing record of safety performance and vision for addressing evolving challenges operators face. This years report found that the safety of liquids pipelines increased across several key indicators even as pipeline mileage and barrels delivered have increased. This years annual performance report shows pipelines are not only safe but they are also getting safer API-LEPA Pipeline Safety Excellence Steering Committee Chair and President of ExxonMobil Pipeline Company LLC Steven A. Yatauro said. For the pipeline industry no matter what our performance record says we always want to do better. Internally we call that continuous improvement. We have a goal of zero incidents because that is the safety culture we want to drive.Pipeline operators are engaging with local communities to advance a safe reliable and sustainable energy future and rising to confront new challenges from securing operations from increasingly complex cyber threats to attracting an educated dynamic workforce. said API Vice President of Midstream Policy Robin Rorick. Pipelines are the safest way to deliver the liquid energy American families and employers need said Andy Black LEPA President and CEO.The 2022 report shows that in the past five years liquids pipeline safety has increased across several key performance indicators identified by federal and state regulators industry operators and public safety advocates. Comprehensive safety management systems and robust safety programs including advanced inspection and leak detection technologies help operators safely deliver energy to Americans every day. Based on data tracked and maintained by the U.S. Department of Transportations Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration PHMSATotal pipeline incidents decreased 28 percent over the last 5 years with 112 fewer incidents in 2022 compared to 2018 and liquids pipeline incidents impacting people or the environment decreased 16 percent. Operations and maintenance incidents impacting people or the environment declined 52 percent between 2018 and 2022. In these areas incidents caused by incorrect operation decreased by 45 percent while equipment failure decreased 42 percent.The report also includes the 2023-2025 Pipeline Excellence Strategic Plan which describes industry-wide safety improvement efforts to promote organizational and workforce excellence improve safety through technology and innovation increase stakeholder awareness and engagement address cybersecurity threats and advance a safe and sustainable energy future. Through a commitment to continuous improvement and a culture of safety pipeline operators are working every day to protect the communities and environment where they live and work.
