Top 10 Pipeline Companies in the World in 2021 by Pipeline Length

Gazprom, Kinder Morgan Inc, China National Petroleum Corp, Enbridge Inc, and TC Energy Corporation are the top 5 pipeline operators in the world in 2021 by total pipeline length. Among the top 10 companies, Gazprom Corp had the highest pipeline length of 257,025 km, followed by Kinder Morgan Inc (145,725 km), while China Petrochemical Corp (70,204 km) had the lowest pipeline length. Collectively, the top 10 pipeline operators in the world had a total pipeline length of 1,208,250 km. In aggregate these companies generated revenue of $856,625 million, with average revenue growth of 34.1%, where the highest revenue growth registered by Energy Transfer LP (73.1%), followed by Gazprom (59%) and Shell plc (44.8%), while AK Transneft had a revenue decline of 19% in FY2021. In terms of geographical split, 4 out of 10 of the world’s major pipeline operators are based in North America, while the remaining are based in Europe and Asia. They employed a total of 2,155,304 people in 2021. Russia-based Gazprom is the leading pipeline operator in the world by total pipeline length. The company is an integrated global oil and gas company. It carries out the exploration, production, transportation, storage, processing, and marketing of natural gas, gas condensate, and crude oil. At the end of FY2021, it employed 468,000 people. The company reported revenues of $139,034 million for the fiscal year ended December 2021 (FY2021), an increase of 59% over FY2020 due to the pipeline exports to far abroad countries exceeding 179 bcm and launch of the TurkStream offshore pipeline across the Black Sea in 2020 significantly improved the reliability of supplies to Europe and Turkey. The United States of America based Kinder Morgan Inc is one of the leading companies in pipeline operator in the world by total pipeline length. Its pipelines transport natural gas, refined petroleum products, crude oil, condensate, CO2 and other products. Its terminals transload and store liquid commodities (petroleum products, ethanol and chemicals), and handle bulk products (petroleum coke, steel and coal). The company reported revenues of $16,610 million for the fiscal year ended December 2021 (FY2021), an increase of 41.9% over FY2020, due to rise in EBDA resulting from 15% increase in oil and gas producing activities, which was a result of lowered operating expenses of US$143 million and higher NGL prices which increased revenue by US$42 million. The increase in EBDA was partially offset by lowered crude oil production volumes due to curtailed oil production, which lowered revenue by US$50 million and US$27 million decrease in revenue due to lower crude oil pricesss.