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Evaluation of accident data and federal oversight of petroleum product pipelines

National Transportation Safert Board

Sayı: NTSB/SIR-96/02, 1996/01

Abstract: Between December 1991 and March 1993, the Colonial Pipeline Company had two petroleum product pipeline ruptures. Because the accidents raised safety issues applicable to the entire pipeline system, the National Transportation Safety Board conducted a special investigation on petroleum product pipelines. This report reviews the efforts of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) to implement Safety Board recommendations concerning the safety of petroleum product pipelines. The report also examines RSPA accident data for such pipelines. The safety issues examined are: RSPA's responsiveness to implement previous safety recommendations addressing the prevention of excavation damage, the control of corrosion damage, the inspection and testing of pipelines, and methods to more rapidly detect, locate, and shut down failed sections of a pipeline; RSPA's collection and analysis of accident data for petroleum product pipelines to identify accident trends and evaluate operator performance; and the safety performance of the Colonial Pipeline Company. As a result of the investigation, the Safety Board issued one recommendation to RSPA.

National Transportation Safety Board

Washington, D.C. 20594

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