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  PIPELINE STATISTICS - 2008-12

 Table 1          
 Pipeline Occurrences and Casualty Statistics for December 2008           
           
           
     December   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 0  0   0   4  4  7 
    Other Damage with Release 0  0   0   1  0  0 
   Total  0  0  0    6  5  8 
           
 Incidents          
           
  Line Pipe         
    3rd Party Damage / No Release 0  0   0   3  2  2 
    Disturbance of Supporting Environment / No release  0  0  0   0  1   1 
   Uncontained Release  0  0  1   5  9   10 
   Other  0   1  0   5  2  3 
   Total  0  1  2    13  14  15 
           
  Other Facilities*         
    3rd Party Damage / No Release 1  0   0   2  0  0 
    Disturbance of Supporting Environment / No release  0  0  0   0  0   0 
   Uncontained Release  4  2  3   57  45   45 
   Other  3   1  0   8  5  4 
   Total  8  3  4    67  50  48 
           
           
           
 *  Includes Compressor Stations, Pump Stations, Meter Stations, Gas Processing Plants and other         
  related facilities.         
 Data are preliminary as of January 15, 2009.          
 All five-year averages have been rounded. Totals sometimes do not coincide to the sum of averages.