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  PIPELINE STATISTICS - 2008-05

 Table 1          
 Pipeline Occurrences and Casualty Statistics for May 2008           
           
           
    May   Year To Date
    2008  2007   2003-2007   2008  2007  2003-2007 
       Average      Average 
  Accidents          
           
  Line Pipe         
    3rd Party Damage with release 0  0   0   0  0  0 
    Disturbance of Supporting Environment with release  0  0  0   0  0   0 
    Corrosion/Environmental Cracking 0  0   0   0  0  0 
    Fire/Ignition/Explosion 0  0   0   0  0  0 
    Other Damage with Release 0  0   0   0  1  0 
   Total  0  0  0    0  1  0 
           
  Other Facilities*         
   3rd Party Damage  0  0  0   0  0   0 
    Disturbance of Supporting Environment with release  0  0  0   0  0   0 
    Corrosion/Environmental Cracking 0  0   0   0  0  0 
    Fire/Ignition/Explosion 1  1   1   1  3  2 
    Other Damage with Release 0  0   0   0  0  0 
   Total  1  1  1    1  3  3 
           
 Incidents          
           
  Line Pipe         
    3rd Party Damage / No Release 0  0   0   1  2  0 
    Disturbance of Supporting Environment / No release  0  0  0   0  1   0 
   Uncontained Release  0  1  1   1  2   3 
   Other  0   0  1   1  1  2 
   Total  0  1  1    3  6  5 
           
  Other Facilities*         
    3rd Party Damage / No Release 0  0   0   0  0  0 
    Disturbance of Supporting Environment / No release  0  0  0   0  0   0 
   Uncontained Release  5  2  3   25  21   19 
   Other  1   1  0   3  1  1 
   Total  6  3  4    28  22  20 
           
           
           
 *  Includes Compressor Stations, Pump Stations, Meter Stations, Gas Processing Plants and other         
  related facilities.         
 Data are preliminary as of June 17, 2008          
 All five-year averages have been rounded. Totals sometimes do not coincide to the sum of averages.