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  PIPELINE STATISTICS - 2008-08

 Table 1          
 Pipeline Occurrences and Casualty Statistics for August 2008           
           
           
     August   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  1  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  2  1 
           
  Other Facilities*         
   3rd Party Damage  0  1  0   0  1   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  0   0   3  4  5 
    Other Damage with Release 0  0   0   0  0  0 
   Total  1  1  0    3  5  6 
           
 Incidents          
           
  Line Pipe         
    3rd Party Damage / No Release 0  0   0   1  2  1 
    Disturbance of Supporting Environment / No release  0  0  0   0  1   0 
   Uncontained Release  1  3  2   2  7   7 
   Other  0   0  0   4  1  2 
   Total  1  3  2    7  11  10 
           
  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  2  3  2   38  30   28 
   Other  0   1  0   3  4  3 
   Total  2  4  3    41  34  31 
           
           
           
 *  Includes Compressor Stations, Pump Stations, Meter Stations, Gas Processing Plants and other         
  related facilities.         
 Data are preliminary as of September 15, 2008          
 All five-year averages have been rounded. Totals sometimes do not coincide to the sum of averages.