Got any numbers on how much leakes each year from the pipelines. Its not a small number.
Seeing that you are to lazy to do your own research I thought I would do it for you. It only took me about a hour to find these FACTS,
PHMSA - the Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration - Office of Pipeline Safety ... data shows in 2015 there were 16.2 billion barrels - nearly 2/3rds trillion gallons - transported thru more than 200,000 miles of pipelines - 72,000 miles transporting crude oil, in the US.
There were 454 total incident involving spills or leaks. Of those 71% occurred ON the oil companies site, were captured by the onsite safety systems and posed no risk to the public.
That leaves a total of just 130 incidents that posed a potential risk to the public. 130 incidents over 16.2 billion barrels shipped. 130 incident over 200,000+ miles of pipeline.
So let's go further and look at the DETAILS OF THOSE 130 incidents ...
First, there were a total of 20,021 barrels spilled ...an avg overall of 154 barrels per spill.
But let's look even closer ....
83% of those spills - 108 - were less than 50 barrels
But lets look even closer ...
44%, or 57 of 130, were less than 1 barrel - a max total spill of 57 barrels
21%, or 27 of 130, were 1 to 5 barrels - a max total spill of 135 barrels
18%, or 24 of 130, were 5 to 50 barrels - a max total spill of 1,200 barrels
Add that up - 83%, 108 out of 130 spills totaled 1,392 barrels spilled - an avg of 12 barrels per spill
12%, or 16 spills out of 130 total, were 50 to 500 barrels - a max total spill of 8,000 barrels
Add that to the smaller spills and we get 95%, 124 out of 130 spills - which totaled 9,392 barrels spilled - in 95% - 124 out of 130 spills - the total spilled was an avg of 76 barrels per spill or less ...
That leaves 5%, or 6 spills out of 130 total, that were more than 500 barrels - a total of 10,629 barrels - an avg of 1,771 barrels per spill
THAT is the TRUTH ... and the data.
