Knowledge is power. Check out the facts below for a broader understanding of the energy needed to fuel the world.
Unlike trains and trucks, liquids pipelines use electricity to power most of their pumps to reduce direct GHG emissions while still efficiently and reliably transporting energy products. Liquids pipeline operators are also helping others reduce their emissions by delivering renewable fuels.1
The U.S. currently produces approximately 10 million metric tons per year of hydrogen, with an energy equivalent of 3.35 Bcf/d of natural gas, which goes primarily into petroleum refining and ammonia production. Current estimates project that the hydrogen market will grow by eight times by 2050 due to demand for low carbon hydrogen fuel.2
Pipelines are the cleanest and safest way to deliver energy. Liquids pipelines are powered primarily by electric pumps and emit 42% less greenhouse gas emissions than transporting the same amount of energy by rail. A government review found that shipping the same energy by rail increases the risk of oil release by over 800 times and barrels released by 2.6 times.5
Liquid energy pipelines deliver cleaner energy solutions and make civilization possible. Pipelines are the only infrastructure network large enough to keep up with energy demands while also being the safest and most efficient way to transport products like refined petroleum products, natural gas, CO2 and renewable diesel.4
Natural gas-fired generation replaced approximately 80% of the lost solar generation during the April 2024 eclipse in Texas. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, natural gas-fired power plants generated an additional 6.2 gigawatts of power during the hour that totality took place.5
In 2023, U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions decreased by 3%, or about 134 million metric tons. Over 80% of the emission reductions occurred in the electric power sector, due to the decrease of coal-fired electricity generation that has been displaced by increased generation from solar and natural gas.6
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is one of the many ways the industry is working toward achieving emission reduction goals. CCS involves capturing CO2 before it reaches the atmosphere and using pipelines to transport it to permanent underground storage sites.7
Up to 1.2 gigatons of CO2 could be reduced by switching from existing coal-fired power plants to natural gas-fired power plants. This amount offsets of all methane emitted in the United States in 2020 or 2021, and almost all methane emitted in both years combined.8
