UNITED STATES NATURAL GAS BUSINESS


  2003 2003 2004 2004 2005 2005
 
  Pipeline Trucking Pipeline Trucking Pipeline Trucking
OPERATIONS1
Gas transmission volume (billions cubic feet per day)2 1.8 — 2.03 — 3.71 NA
Deliveries (barrels per day)3 28,000 — 35,695 21,376 48,900 15,000
Length of right-of-way (miles)4 6,430 45 8,5004 45 NA NA
Length of pipeline (miles) 7,500 45 9,200 45 13,081 45
Employees 515 162 694 160 896 144
 
EH&S MANAGEMENT
Major incidents5 0 2 2 0 0 0
Regulatory Notifications6 10 1 18 0 5 0
EH&S fines and penalties (thousand dollars)7 53.5 0.5 202.3 0 31.8 0
 
EH&S TRAINING
Total Hours 7,800 1,850 11,471 1,997 13,080 2,137
Hours per employee8 29.4 11.4 16.5 12.5 14.6 14.8
EH&S professionals (full time) 9 1 11 1 16 1
 
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE9
Reportable Spills10  
Spills (number)11 2 2 5 0 3 0
Spill volume (barrels) 11 21 138 0 48 0
 
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Employee days away injury frequency13
  (days away injuries per 200,000 hours worked)		 0.19 1.23 0.30 1.88 0.24 0.95
Employee days away severity
  (days away per 200,000 hours worked)		 0.19 111.56 1.80 33.82 3.06 10.93
Employee recordable injury frequency
  (recordable injuries per 200,000 hours worked)14		 1.55 2.47 1.35 0.47 1.18 0.95
Preventable motor vehicle incident frequency
  (incidents per million miles driven)		 2.59 1.61 1.68 2.23 0.85 0.68
 

1 Unless otherwise noted, data covers natural gas transmission, gathering, processing and trucking operations of Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. and Enbridge Offshore operated by Enbridge Inc.

2 Reflects aggregate throughput of Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P., natural gas transmission, gathering and processing lines and Enbridge Offshore operated by Enbridge Inc.

3 1 barrel = 0.159 cubic metres or 42 United States gallons (all liquid products).

4 Includes 8,500 right-of-way miles for transmission, processing and gathering and 45 miles for Dufour Petroleum.

5 Major incidents are EH&S events that result in a critical employee or contractor injury or fatality, significant regulatory enforcement action, a liquid spill in excess of 100 barrels, or significant adverse impact to the environment.

6 Regulatory notifications are formal written notification by regulators that Enbridge may not be adhering to the law, regulation or permit requirements. Examples of notifications include formal warnings, enforcement actions, summonses and charges, notices of violation, and stop and control orders. Notifications do not include field inspection reports or other informal communications. Notifications may result in fines or penalties.

7 EH&S fines and penalties are levied against the company as a result of regulatory notifications. Fines and penalties in a particular year often relate to activities in prior years. Reported in United States dollars.

8 Measures hours of EH&S training per operations employee. Does not include additional training provided to office employees.

9 Because of different regulatory requirements and business needs, our United States Natural Gas Business does not track some corporate performance indicators. A key priority of this business operation is full compliance with existing regulatory requirements. The company’s management system provides accountability for achieving this performance.

10 Reportable spills are any spill reportable to a regulatory jurisdiction.

11 Includes liquid spills from gas transmission and the limited number of liquids pipelines that are included in the United States Natural Gas Business segment.

12 Health and safety statistics refer only to Enbridge employees. Personal injury classifications are based on United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reporting guidelines for occupational injuries and illnesses.

13 Measure of any work-related injury or illness that prevents a worker from reporting to work on the next calendar day.

14 Includes days away and medical aid injuries.