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  PIPELINE STATISTICS - 2008-11

 Table 1          
 Pipeline Occurrences and Casualty Statistics for November 2008           
           
           
     November   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  1 
    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  1 
   Total  0  0  0    0  2  2 
           
  Other Facilities*         
   3rd Party Damage  0  0  0   1  1   1 
    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   1   4  4  6 
    Other Damage with Release 0  0   0   1  0  0 
   Total  1  0  1    6  5  7 
           
 Incidents          
           
  Line Pipe         
    3rd Party Damage / No Release 1  0   0   3  2  2 
    Disturbance of Supporting Environment / No release  0  0  0   0  1   1 
   Uncontained Release  0  0  1   4  9   9 
   Other  1   0  0   5  1  2 
   Total  2  0  1    12  13  14 
           
  Other Facilities*         
    3rd Party Damage / No Release 0  0   0   1  0  0 
    Disturbance of Supporting Environment / No release  0  0  0   0  0   0 
   Uncontained Release  5  3  4   50  43   41 
   Other  1   0  0   5  4  3 
   Total  6  3  5    56  47  44 
           
           
           
 *  Includes Compressor Stations, Pump Stations, Meter Stations, Gas Processing Plants and other         
  related facilities.         
 Data are preliminary as of December 16, 2008          
 All five-year averages have been rounded. Totals sometimes do not coincide to the sum of averages.