Pipelines and compressor stations leak. In fact, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration recorded 27,175 incidents in 2025 .  But did you know that routine maintenance of shale gas infrastructure releases dangerous emissions too?   Pipeline Maintenance Pipelines transport petroleum products, shale gas, and even carbon dioxide from extraction sites to processing plants and, eventually, end-users. Owing to the volatile nature of the materials transported in p

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Pipelines transport petroleum products, shale gas, and even carbon dioxide from extraction sites to processing plants and, eventually, end-users. A ubiquitous part of the American landscape, more than 2.78 million miles of gas pipeline are regulated by the U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).