Water supply industry Accidents involving water-endangering substances by intended use of the facilities

Survey of accidents involving water-hazardous substances, 2023
Regular inspection duties and predominant type of construction, by intended use of the facilities
Intendent use	Accidents, total	Regular inspection duties			Predominant type of construction
Intendent use	Accidents, total	yes	no	no response possible	above ground	underground
- = No figures or magnitude zero.
Number of accidents
Storage facilities, total	339	94	146	99	299	40
Storage facilities, commercial	200	62	88	50	178	22
Storage facilities, non-commercial	139	32	58	49	121	18
Filling facilities	40	20	10	10	35	5
Handling facilities	14	4	3	7	14	-
Facilities for the manufacture, treatment and use	126	26	64	36	115	11
In-house transportation, total	75	17	28	30	68	7
Pipelines/connecting pipes	36	15	11	10	29	7
Other means of transportation	39	2	17	20	39	-
Total	594	161	251	182	531	63
Amount relaesed - m³ -
Storage facilities, total	10,017.3	6,065.3	2,664.2	1,287.8	8,133.8	1,883.5
Storage facilities, commercial	9,623.4	5,872.1	2,528.7	1,222.6	7,987.2	1,636.2
Storage facilities, non-commercial	393.9	193.2	135.5	65.1	146.6	247.3
Filling facilities	1,363.0	18.9	1,342.6	1.6	1,362.3	0.8
Handling facilities	5.4	1.1	1.0	3.4	5.4	-
Facilities for the manufacture treatment and use	8,474.3	8,379.2	22.8	72.3	8,416.0	58.3
In-house transportation, total	391.6	339.0	19.8	32.8	374.4	17.2
Pipelines/connecting pipes	367.9	339.0	6.0	23.0	350.7	17.2
Other means of transportation	23.7	0.1	13.8	9.8	23.7	-
Total	20,251.6	14,803.5	4,050.3	1,397.8	18,291.9	1,959.7
Amount not recovered - m³ -
Storage facilities, total	2,106.3	257.1	835.7	1,013.6	1,952.8	153.5
Storage facilities, commercial	1,895.4	212.7	721.4	961.4	1,877.6	17.9
Storage facilities, non-commercial	210.9	44.4	114.3	52.2	75.3	135.7
Filling facilities	676.9	6.7	669.9	0.3	676.9	0.0
Handling facilities	3.6	0.7	0.0	3.0	3.6	-
Facilities for the manufacture, treatment and use	197.9	155.4	10.8	31.7	190.9	6.9
In-house transportation, total	66.1	36.0	11.5	18.5	50.4	15.7
Pipelines/connecting pipes	53.8	36.0	0.3	17.5	38.1	15.7
Other means of transportation	12.2	0.0	11.2	1.0	12.2	-
Total	3,050.8	455.8	1,527.9	1,067.1	2,874.6	176.2

As at January 21, 2025

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2022

Survey of accidents involving water-hazardous substances, 2022
Regular inspection duties and predominant type of construction, by intended use of the facilities
Intendent use	Accidents, total	Regular inspection duties			Predominant type of construction
Intendent use	Accidents, total	yes	no	no response possible	above ground	underground
- = No figures or magnitude zero.
Number of accidents
Storage facilities, total	340	93	165	82	293	47
Storage facilities, commercial	212	72	96	44	179	33
Storage facilities, non-commercial	128	21	69	38	114	14
Filling facilities	39	14	12	13	34	5
Handling facilities	18	12	3	3	18	-
Facilities for the manufacture, treatment and use	115	24	50	41	106	9
In-house transportation, total	74	16	20	38	65	9
Pipelines/connecting pipes	40	14	9	17	33	7
Other means of transportation	34	2	11	21	32	2
Total	586	159	250	177	516	70
Amount relaesed - m³ -
Storage facilities, total	3,685.0	1,285.1	1,982.0	418.0	2,903.5	781.6
Storage facilities, commercial	3,470.8	1,186.6	1,925.7	358.4	2,787.2	683.6
Storage facilities, non-commercial	214.2	98.4	56.2	59.6	116.2	98.0
Filling facilities	2,320.2	7.1	775.2	1,538.0	2,265.7	54.5
Handling facilities	3.3	2.6	0.4	0.3	3.3	-
Facilities for the manufacture treatment and use	163.7	92.0	42.7	29.0	151.7	12.1
In-house transportation, total	104.3	17.0	29.5	57.8	99.5	4.8
Pipelines/connecting pipes	75.9	16.5	16.6	42.8	71.2	4.8
Other means of transportation	28.4	0.4	12.9	15.0	28.3	0.1
Total	6,276.6	1,403.7	2,829.8	2,043.1	5,423.6	853.0
Amount not recovered - m³ -
Storage facilities, total	1,774.9	1,191.3	272.2	311.4	1,304.7	470.2
Storage facilities, commercial	1,647.3	1,100.1	254.6	292.6	1,245.6	401.6
Storage facilities, non-commercial	127.6	91.2	17.6	18.8	59.1	68.5
Filling facilities	32.8	0.1	11.5	21.3	31.8	1.0
Handling facilities	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.5	-
Facilities for the manufacture, treatment and use	44.7	19.4	7.8	17.5	36.6	8.2
In-house transportation, total	14.6	6.1	1.7	6.8	14.5	0.2
Pipelines/connecting pipes	8.1	6.1	1.3	0.7	7.9	0.2
Other means of transportation	6.6	-	0.5	6.1	6.6	0.0
Total	1,867.6	1,217.3	293.3	357.0	1,388.1	479.5

As at September 13, 2023

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2021

Survey of accidents involving water-hazardous substances, 2021
Regular inspection duties and predominant type of construction, by intended use of the facilities
Intendent use	Accidents, total	Regular inspection duties			Predominant type of construction
Intendent use	Accidents, total	yes	no	no response possible	above ground	underground
- = No figures or magnitude zero.
Number of accidents
Storage facilities, total	366	77	186	103	321	45
Storage facilities, commercial	210	58	87	65	180	30
Storage facilities, non-commercial	156	19	99	38	141	15
Filling facilities	58	19	12	27	51	7
Handling facilities	32	13	10	9	31	1
Facilities for the manufacture, treatment and use	147	54	44	49	136	11
In-house transportation, total	83	20	24	39	72	11
Pipelines/connecting pipes	36	16	6	14	25	11
Other means of transportation	47	4	18	25	47	-
Total	686	183	276	227	611	75
Amount relaesed - m³ -
Storage facilities, total	11,704.1	7,713.3	1,580.8	2,410.0	9,867.2	1,837.0
Storage facilities, commercial	11,506.3	7,678.6	1,430.0	2,397.7	9,684.2	1,822.1
Storage facilities, non-commercial	197.8	34.7	150.8	12.4	183.0	14.8
Filling facilities	1,162.7	1,007.8	14.0	140.9	1,161.4	1.3
Handling facilities	8.1	3.4	2.8	1.9	7.8	0.3
Facilities for the manufacture treatment and use	2,061.4	1,861.9	13.7	185.8	1,992.6	68.8
In-house transportation, total	702.2	35.3	618.6	48.3	648.6	53.6
Pipelines/connecting pipes	88.4	34.7	13.5	40.2	34.8	53.6
Other means of transportation	613.7	0.6	605.1	8.1	613.7	-
Total	15,638.5	10,621.7	2,229.9	2,786.9	13,677.6	1,960.9
Amount not recovered - m³ -
Storage facilities, total	911.3	257.4	544.4	109.6	719.4	191.9
Storage facilities, commercial	845.9	247.5	493.7	104.8	659.9	186.1
Storage facilities, non-commercial	65.4	9.9	50.7	4.8	59.6	5.8
Filling facilities	34.4	0.4	10.8	23.3	34.4	0.0
Handling facilities	1.7	1.1	0.5	0.1	1.7	-
Facilities for the manufacture, treatment and use	239.0	87.3	2.9	148.8	231.3	7.7
In-house transportation, total	14.4	3.6	2.1	8.8	7.9	6.5
Pipelines/connecting pipes	11.6	3.6	1.2	6.8	5.1	6.5
Other means of transportation	2.9	-	0.9	2.0	2.9	-
Total	1,200.8	349.7	560.6	290.5	994.7	206.1

As at September 30, 2022

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2020

Survey of accidents involving water-hazardous substances, 2020
Regular inspection duties and predominant type of construction, by intended use of the facilities
Intendent use	Accidents, total	Regular inspection duties			Predominant type of construction
Intendent use	Accidents, total	yes	no	no response possible	above ground	underground
- = No figures or magnitude zero.
Number of accidents
Storage facilities, total	420	108	220	92	360	60
Storage facilities, commercial	222	69	103	50	182	40
Storage facilities, non-commercial	198	39	117	42	178	20
Filling facilities	47	16	19	12	43	4
Handling facilities	14	1	5	8	14	-
Facilities for the manufacture, treatment and use	145	37	53	55	132	13
In-house transportation, total	77	29	18	30	61	16
Pipelines/connecting pipes	48	28	9	11	33	15
Other means of transportation	29	1	9	19	28	1
Total	703	191	315	197	610	93
Amount relaesed - m³ -
Storage facilities, total	3,389.4	1,718.4	1,147.2	523.8	2,836.9	552.5
Storage facilities, commercial	3,014.8	1,505.9	993.8	515.1	2,667.8	347.0
Storage facilities, non-commercial	374.6	212.4	153.5	8.7	169.1	205.5
Filling facilities	166.1	28.7	136.1	1.3	145.8	20.3
Handling facilities	43.5	40.0	1.0	2.5	43.5	-
Facilities for the manufacture treatment and use	1,632.3	1,506.3	93.1	32.9	1,627.4	4.9
In-house transportation, total	631.6	534.7	15.9	81.0	101.8	529.8
Pipelines/connecting pipes	623.6	534.2	13.5	75.9	93.9	529.8
Other means of transportation	7.9	0.5	2.4	5.0	7.9	0.0
Total	5,862.9	3,828.1	1,393.3	641.5	4,755.4	1,107.5
Amount not recovered - m³ -
Storage facilities, total	1,223.4	491.7	703.1	28.5	751.2	472.1
Storage facilities, commercial	905.0	289.4	590.2	25.4	634.1	270.9
Storage facilities, non-commercial	318.3	202.3	112.9	3.2	117.1	201.3
Filling facilities	11.7	0.8	10.4	0.5	11.6	0.1
Handling facilities	2.0	-	0.8	1.2	2.0	-
Facilities for the manufacture, treatment and use	71.1	36.4	24.9	9.8	68.0	3.1
In-house transportation, total	436.2	418.3	7.3	10.5	20.5	415.8
Pipelines/connecting pipes	435.4	418.3	6.6	10.5	19.6	415.8
Other means of transportation	0.9	-	0.8	0.1	0.9	-
Total	1,744.4	947.3	746.5	50.5	853.2	891.1

As at September 4, 2019

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2019

Survey of accidents involving water-hazardous substances, 2019
Regular inspection duties and predominant type of construction, by intended use of the facilities
Intendent use	Accidents, total	Regular inspection duties			Predominant type of construction
Intendent use	Accidents, total	yes	no	no response possible	above ground	underground
- = No figures or magnitude zero.
Number of accidents
Storage facilities, total	468	107	214	147	396	72
Storage facilities, commercial	268	69	118	81	223	45
Storage facilities, non-commercial	200	38	96	66	173	27
Filling facilities	44	20	3	21	43	1
Handling facilities	22	3	11	8	22	-
Facilities for the manufacture, treatment and use	129	42	51	36	123	6
In-house transportation, total	85	26	28	31	74	11
Pipelines/connecting pipes	42	23	10	9	34	8
Other means of transportation	43	3	18	22	40	3
Total	748	198	307	243	658	90
Amount relaesed - m³ -
Storage facilities, total	4,677.8	2,213.7	1,976.1	488.1	4,274.4	403.5
Storage facilities, commercial	4,481.4	2,191.8	1,906.9	382.7	4,176.3	305.1
Storage facilities, non-commercial	196.4	21.9	69.2	105.4	98.1	98.3
Filling facilities	823.4	19.5	780.3	23.7	822.4	1.0
Handling facilities	70.3	7.4	3.6	59.3	70.3	-
Facilities for the manufacture, treatment and use	24,614.4	24,303.7	240.0	70.7	24,610.5	3.9
In-house transportation, total	352.8	196.8	141.4	14.7	325.2	27.6
Pipelines/connecting pipes	283.7	176.2	102.3	5.2	256.3	27.5
Other means of transportation	69.1	20.6	39.0	9.5	68.9	0.2
Total	30,538.8	26,741.0	3,141.3	656.5	30,102.8	435.9
Amount not recovered - m³ -
Storage facilities, total	1,595.7	831.1	395.0	369.6	1,371.3	224.5
Storage facilities, commercial	1,466.6	819.8	368.8	278.0	1,331.6	135.0
Storage facilities, non-commercial	129.2	11.3	26.3	91.6	39.7	89.5
Filling facilities	785.5	2.1	780.0	3.3	785.3	0.2
Handling facilities	6.0	0.0	1.7	4.3	6.0	-
Facilities for the manufacture, treatment and use	142.4	52.8	74.1	15.5	139.9	2.5
In-house transportation, total	74.7	59.3	7.4	7.9	74.4	0.3
Pipelines/connecting pipes	49.2	48.9	0.2	0.2	49.1	0.1
Other means of transportation	25.4	10.4	7.2	7.8	25.3	0.2
Total	2,604.3	945.3	1,258.3	400.7	2,376.8	227.5

As at September 4, 2019

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2018

Survey of accidents involving water-hazardous substances, 2018
Regular inspection duties and predominant type of construction, by intended use of the facilities
Intendent use	Accidents, total	Regular inspection duties			Predominant type of construction
Intendent use	Accidents, total	yes	no	no response possible	above ground	underground
- = No figures or magnitude zero.
Number of accidents
Storage facilities, total	420	86	231	103	363	57
Storage facilities, commercial	234	61	113	60	191	43
Storage facilities, non-commercial	186	25	118	43	172	14
Filling facilities	51	14	12	25	44	7
Handling facilities	25	3	5	17	24	1
Facilities for the manufacture, treatment and use	148	52	53	43	136	12
In-house transportation, total	91	31	24	36	69	22
Pipelines/connecting pipes	59	29	11	19	38	21
Other means of transportation	32	2	13	17	31	1
Total	735	186	325	224	636	99
Amount relaesed - m³ -
Storage facilities, total	6,357.1	2,528.3	2,460.5	1,368.4	5,395.3	961.8
Storage facilities, commercial	5,618.7	2,512.4	2,335.7	770.6	4,697.1	921.6
Storage facilities, non-commercial	738.4	15.9	124.8	597.8	698.2	40.2
Filling facilities	123.9	21.2	54.6	48.0	108.9	15.0
Handling facilities	19.5	10.8	0.5	8.2	19.0	0.5
Facilities for the manufacture, treatment and use	1,666.7	1,310.4	330.1	26.1	1,461.5	205.2
In-house transportation, total	1,452.8	1,251.1	154.8	46.9	72.0	1,380.8
Pipelines/connecting pipes	1,439.6	1,250.5	146.1	43.1	58.8	1,380.8
Other means of transportation	13.2	0.6	8.7	3.9	13.2	0.0
Total	9,620.0	5,121.8	3,000.5	1,497.7	7,056.8	2,563.2
Amount not recovered - m³ -
Storage facilities, total	2,108.2	739.4	961.1	407.6	1,578.3	529.8
Storage facilities, commercial	1,981.6	733.5	947.7	300.4	1,457.5	524.1
Storage facilities, non-commercial	126.6	6.0	13.4	107.2	120.8	5.7
Filling facilities	43.8	10.2	17.0	16.6	33.8	10.0
Handling facilities	3.1	0.7	0.3	2.1	3.1	0.1
Facilities for the manufacture, treatment and use	311.3	162.6	139.0	9.7	259.2	52.0
In-house transportation, total	548.4	506.1	23.1	19.2	16.8	531.6
Pipelines/connecting pipes	542.5	506.0	20.5	16.0	10.9	531.6
Other means of transportation	6.0	0.1	2.6	3.2	6.0	-
Total	3,014.8	1,419.0	1,140.5	455.3	1,891.3	1,123.5

As at September 4, 2019

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2017

Survey of accidents involving water-hazardous substances, 2017
Regular inspection duties and predominant type of construction, by intended use of the facilities
Intendent use	Accidents, total	Regular inspection duties			Predominant type of construction
Intendent use	Accidents, total	yes	no	no response possible	above ground	underground
- = No figures or magnitude zero.
Number of accidents
Storage facilities, total	417	84	224	109	356	61
Storage facilities, commercial	214	48	106	60	172	42
Storage facilities, non-commercial	203	36	118	49	184	19
Filling facilities	59	24	18	17	47	12
Handling facilities	32	5	14	13	31	1
Facilities for the manufacture, treatment and use	150	41	64	45	137	13
In-house transportation, total	83	22	30	31	65	18
Pipelines/connecting pipes	45	22	14	9	28	17
Other means of transportation	38	-	16	22	37	1
Total	741	176	350	215	636	105
Amount relaesed - m³ -
Storage facilities, total	7,902.1	3,434.8	3,161.7	1,305.6	6,008.7	1,893.5
Storage facilities, commercial	7,626.1	3,424.7	2,933.0	1,268.4	5,763.7	1,862.4
Storage facilities, non-commercial	276.1	10.2	228.7	37.2	245.0	31.1
Filling facilities	336.9	132.8	80.2	123.9	316.5	20.5
Handling facilities	28.9	9.7	16.8	2.4	28.9	0.1
Facilities for the manufacture, treatment and use	1,221.7	1,018.2	96.2	107.3	1,162.7	59.0
In-house transportation, total	721.2	606.0	63.1	52.1	590.4	130.8
Pipelines/connecting pipes	698.0	606.0	41.3	50.7	567.3	130.8
Other means of transportation	23.2	-	21.8	1.4	23.2	0,0
Total	10,210.8	5,201.6	3,418.0	1,591.2	8,107.1	2,103.7
Amount not recovered - m³ -
Storage facilities, total	4,261.9	2,126.2	1,115.1	1,020.6	4,010.3	251.7
Storage facilities, commercial	4,119.6	2,123.0	1,004.3	992.3	3,894.7	224.9
Storage facilities, non-commercial	142.4	3.2	110.8	28.4	115.6	26.8
Filling facilities	144.2	56.2	6.1	81.8	143.6	0.6
Handling facilities	3.6	2.0	1.4	0.2	3.6	0.0
Facilities for the manufacture, treatment and use	621.8	500.1	58.0	63.8	600.7	21.2
In-house transportation, total	398.9	342.5	15.6	40.8	321.1	77.8
Pipelines/connecting pipes	397.6	342.5	15.0	40.2	319.8	77.8
Other means of transportation	1.3	-	0,7	0.6	1.3	0,0
Total	5,430.5	3,027.0	1,196.2	1,207.2	5,079.2	351.3

As at September 13, 2017

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2016

Survey of accidents involving water-hazardous substances, 2016
Regular inspection duties and predominant type of construction, by intended use of the facilities
Intendent use	Accidents, total	Regular inspection duties			Predominant type of construction
Intendent use	Accidents, total	yes	no	no response possible¹	above ground	underground
1: Includes no response given.
Number of accidents
Storage facilities, total	500	110	268	122	429	71
Storage facilities, commercial	237	56	125	56	206	31
Storage facilities, non-commercial¹	263	54	143	66	223	40
Filling facilities	64	30	22	12	51	13
Handling facilities	48	8	12	28	46	2
Facilities for the manufacture, treatment and use	151	37	77	37	137	14
In-house transportation, total	93	21	33	39	69	24
Pipelines/connecting pipes	51	20	17	14	28	23
Other means of transportation¹	42	1	16	25	41	1
Total	856	206	412	238	732	124
Amount relaesed - m³ -
Storage facilities, total	3,005.8	455.0	2,191.0	359.8	2,766.9	238.9
Storage facilities, commercial	2,678.6	298.2	2,051.5	328.9	2,518.9	159.7
Storage facilities, non-commercial¹	327.2	156.8	139.5	30.9	248.0	79.2
Filling facilities	2,294.7	219.1	2,050.9	24.7	1,639.1	655.6
Handling facilities	27.2	2.5	19.9	4.8	27.1	0.1
Facilities for the manufacture, treatment and use	931.7	408.0	372.2	151.6	890.5	41.3
In-house transportation, total	471.3	161.1	54.2	256.0	367.4	103.9
Pipelines/connecting pipes	341.5	160.8	50.0	130.6	237.5	103.9
Other means of transportation¹	129.9	0.3	4.2	125.3	129.8	0.0
Total	6,730,7	1,245.7	4,688.2	796.8	5,691.0	1,039.7
Amount not recovered - m³ -
Storage facilities, total	1,483.0	109.7	1,244.7	128.6	1,299.9	183.1
Storage facilities, commercial	1,366.8	86.7	1,168.0	112.1	1,249.1	117.7
Storage facilities, non-commercial¹	116.2	23.0	76.7	16.5	50.7	65.5
Filling facilities	1,033.0	73.0	936.6	23.3	717.8	315.2
Handling facilities	8.8	0.4	5.7	2.8	8.8	0.0
Facilities for the manufacture, treatment and use	445.0	63.6	236.5	144.9	443.4	1.6
In-house transportation, total	324.1	148.5	30.7	144.9	286.7	37.4
Pipelines/connecting pipes	199.3	148.2	29.3	21.8	161.8	37.4
Other means of transportation¹	124.8	0.3	1.5	123.1	124.8	0.0
Total	3,293.9	395.2	2,454.2	444.5	2,756.6	537.3

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2015

Survey of accidents involving water-hazardous substances, 2015
Regular inspection duties and predominant type of construction, by intended use of the facilities
Intendent use	Accidents, total	Regular inspection duties			Predominant type of construction
Intendent use	Accidents, total	yes	no	no response possible¹	above ground	underground
1: Includes no response given.
Number of accidents
Storage facilities, total	512	100	299	113	453	59
Storage facilities, commercial	279	68	133	78	245	34
Storage facilities, non-commercial¹	233	32	166	35	208	25
Filling facilities	40	10	14	16	37	3
Handling facilities	28	6	10	12	27	1
Facilities for the manufacture, treatment and use	97	26	32	39	93	4
In-house transportation, total	109	22	43	44	89	20
Pipelines/connecting pipes	42	15	15	12	24	18
Other means of transportation¹	67	7	28	32	65	2
Total	786	164	398	224	699	87
Amount relaesed - m³ -
Storage facilities, total	11,222.0	1,406.7	7,023.7	2,791.6	9,116.5	2,105.5
Storage facilities, commercial	10,874.8	1,379.8	6,745.8	2,749.2	8,784.5	2,090.3
Storage facilities, non-commercial¹	347.2	26.9	277.9	42.4	332.0	15.2
Filling facilities	41.1	17.1	8.5	15.5	37.7	3.4
Handling facilities	228.9	2.3	204.2	22.4	208.9	20.0
Facilities for the manufacture, treatment and use	628.1	303.8	63.5	260.8	618.0	10.1
In-house transportation, total	2,758.6	380.0	2,221.5	157.1	70.0	2,688.6
Pipelines/connecting pipes	2,746.5	379.3	2,215.0	152.3	58.0	2,688.5
Other means of transportation¹	12.0	0.6	6.5	4.8	11.9	0.1
Total	14,878.5	2,109.8	9,521.4	3,247.4	10,051.0	4,827.5
Amount not recovered - m³ -
Storage facilities, total	6,149.1	720.7	2,831.4	2,597.0	4,375.6	1,773.5
Storage facilities, commercial	6,073.8	718.2	2,776.6	2,579.0	4,302.8	1,771.0
Storage facilities, non-commercial¹	75.3	2.6	54.7	18.0	72.8	2.5
Filling facilities	10.5	0.2	3.9	6.4	10.4	0.1
Handling facilities	197.2	0.7	191.1	5.4	192.2	5.0
Facilities for the manufacture, treatment and use	375.9	168.7	10.6	196.6	367.8	8.0
In-house transportation, total	2,369.7	1.7	2.215.8	152.2	14.8	2,354.9
Pipelines/connecting pipes	2,364.1	1.4	2,213.5	149.2	9.3	2,354.8
Other means of transportation¹	5.6	0.3	2.3	2.9	5.5	0.1
Total	9,102.3	892.0	5,252.8	2,957.5	4,960.8	4,141.5

As at November 8, 2016

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