Pipeline Safety

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New OrleansNew OrleansNov. 18, 2011Nov. 18, 2011

Getting to ZeroGetting to Zero

Not Waiting to be Told:Oil Pipeline Industry Improvement Efforts

November 18, 2011

New Orleans, La.

Environmental and Safety Gains

•Since ‘90s, a record of coordinated, focused improvements

•Data tracked and priorities adjusted • Pipeline Performance Tracking System

•Real progress made; the numbers show …

Reduced Spills, Volumes(3-Year Average Ending in Year Shown)

We ask ourselves: Is this a trend reversal, or a temporary plateau?

Getting to Zero

•Industry leadership – get the curves headed in the right direction

•Two dozen areas of improvement identified

• The good news: most initiatives already under way

•Seven Areas identified for more intense focus and development by Executive and Subject-Matter Experts

R&D / Enhanced Technology

• Pipeline Research Council International• Individual company efforts significant –

better coordination• Assessing gaps and improving funding• Renewing focus on results that can be

implemented and make a difference• Priorities are:

Enhanced damage detection Improve ILI capabilities ID and repair ERW seam defects Leak detection and data integration

Leak Detection

• First focus on the large failures – Recognition– Response– Reporting

• Enhance systems to prioritize SCADA notifications/alerts

• Continue efforts to detect small releases

Enhanced Data Integration

• Develop industry approach for consistent data generation, collection, processing, integration

• Promote efficient and effective decision-making

• Provide means for sharing learnings from data combinations

• Identify and address high risk issues

Shared Practices & Learnings

• Build on what is already working– API Pipeline Conference– Pipeline Information Exchange (PIX)– PPTS Advisories

• Partner with gas industry to see how other industries learn from each other

• Develop real-time learning platform• Promote learnings beyond workshops • More peer-to-peer learning• Employee and contractor safety – mirror

PPTS approach

Damage Prevention• Excavation damage is leading cause of

death and injury • Develop model One Call provisions • Promote strong damage prevention

laws and enforcement • Engage directly with excavator groups • Develop education materials for other

stakeholder groups • Coordinate efforts and learnings with

Common Ground Alliance (CGA)

Strategic Planning

• Structured approach to focus on the right things– Plan today to be working on

tomorrow’s problems

• Develop a sustainable process• Include input from key

stakeholders • Prioritize and coordinate

improvement efforts

External Communications

• Communicate Industry challenges, successes, progress, and plans

• Listen - understand the perspectives, concerns, and ideas of others

• Discuss solutions with other stakeholders

• Improve responsiveness to concerns

• Sustained versus intermittent communications with stakeholders

In Conclusion …• Our intention … – Don’t wait to be told; lead ourselves to

further improvement– Avoid merely reacting to regulations and

recent events • Our goal …– Achieve real, measurable, sustainable

reduction in spills and injuries – Drive to zero

• Our plan …– Be focused– Listen and adjust - Look forward to more

interactions with PST and others who put pipeline safety first