Oil and biofuel pipeline spillage in the U.S. 2010-2020
Incidents at U.S. oil and biofuel pipelines resulted in 43,157 barrels being spilled accidentally in 2020. This was a decrease compared to the previous year, with the greatest spillage occurring in 2016, when over 60,000 barrels had been released. There were a total of 578 U.S. pipeline incidents reported in 2020. Incidents are all those events which resulted in injury or loss of life, release of liquids, or fires and explosions, as well as any other type of damage requiring repair work.
