A compilation of the year’s key transmission pipeline industry performance results, including safety statistics, economic data and key environmental initiatives, reflecting our initiatives to continuously improve safety, lessen environmental impacts and achieve operational excellence.
Canada energy use by source

Source: BP Statistical Review of World Energy – June 2017
Our goal is getting to zero incidents
99.999 per cent of all oil and gas products transported through CEPA member pipelines reach their markets safetly. We are striving to achieve 100 per cent. Through CEPA, members work together to continuously improve in key areas to reach our goal of zero incidents. Safety, environmental protection and emergency response are, and always have been, our top priorities.
Transmission pipelines are critical energy infrastructure, delivering the energy Canadians use every day. We will fulfill our essential role safely, reliably and efficiently. Canadians and the customers we serve – from oil and gas producers to refiners and processors to residential, commercial and industrial customers – expect this of us.
Safety
CEPA member companies have delivered natural gas and liquid petroleum products with a 99.999 per cent safety record for over a decade and we continue to strive to reach our goal of 100 per cent.
In 2016, CEPA members held more than 454 emergency response exercises, ranging in complexity from emergency drills to full-scale exercises.
Environmental Protection
In 2016, CEPA members invested $1.2 billion in maintaining and monitoring their Canadian pipeline systems.

In 2016, our members conducted in-line inspection runs on 39,059 kilometres of pipelines in Canada using highly sophisticated tools called ‘smart pigs’ that examine a pipeline from the inside to identify features such as metal loss, dents and cracks that may require further investigation. More than 30 per cent of our members’ 119,000 kilometres of pipeline in Canada were inspected by one or more in-line inspection tools in 2016.

In 2016, our members invested $22.8 million in innovative technology focused on reducing pipeline corrosion and improving pipeline inspection, leak detection and damage prevention. During the three-year period 2014-2016 our member’s investment in these kinds of technologies totaled more than $60 million.

In 2016, CEPA member companies conducted 2,696 integrity digs to examine pipelines for defects and to make repairs - that’s a total of 25,577 integrity digs since 2007.
The number of integrity digs in any given year is not a set number. Each company decides when and where to perform an integrity dig, based on the results of in-line inspections and according to the Operations and Management Program. During an integrity dig, a section of pipeline is excavated to give pipeline operators an up-close view of the pipeline to determine if a repair or replacement is required.
Socio-economic Impacts
Invested in Canadian capital projects
In 2016, our members invested $7.9 billion in capital projects – helping to ensure Canada continues to have the safe and efficient transmission pipeline infrastructure it needs to stay competitive.
Contributed to government tax revenues
In 2016, our members contributed $1.5 billion to government tax revenues including income, property, motor fuel and carbon taxes.
CEPA Foundation

Spent in communities across Canada
In 2016, CEPA members spent $4.7 billion purchasing goods and services along pipeline routes across Canada supporting local communities.

Full-time direct and indirect jobs accounted for by our industry in 2015*
*Source: The Economic Impacts from Operations of Canada's Pipelines, Angevine Economic Consulting Ltd., 2015