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New Data Suggests ‘Human Error’ Increasingly a Factor in Pipeline Leaks

The National Energy Board in Canada have complied new data that shows over the past three years ‘incorrect operation’ has caused an average of 20 pipeline leaks per year. An increase of four annually from the previous six years.

NASEM Report Shows Pipelines are Safer Than Rail Transportation

A report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) found pipelines and barges to have more comprehensive safety systems than train transportation systems.

More Pipelines to Get Permian Crude to Market Posted: 04 May, 2018 More Pipelines to Get Permian Crude to Market

The Permian Basin is expected to add enormous volumes this year, but its pipeline network is filling up fast.

Mexico: Authorities Are now Detecting 28 Illegal Taps Every Day

State-owned pipelines company, PEMEX, detected a total of 10,363 illegal taps in 2017, an overage of 28 illegal tapping-points detected per day

Mexican pipelines looted by drug cartels

The Mexican government increased fuel prices by 20% on New Year’s Day. The increase is the largest in almost two decades and brings the years of subsidies keeping gasoline cheap to an end. It comes as economists predict Mexico’s slowest growth in four years, and is intended to help stabilize the rising levels of public debt, and to encourage competition and private investment in the fuel market.