AOPL Announces Name Change to Liquid Energy Pipeline Association

WASHINGTON, DC, August 15, 2022 – The Association of Oil Pipe Lines (AOPL) announced today it has changed its name to the Liquid Energy Pipeline Association (LEPA). The new name better reflects the range of products delivered and business models pursued by our member companies now and in the future.

 

            “Delivering energy and related products in their liquid form by pipeline is what our member companies do, and this new name best reflects that,” said Andrew Black, LEPA President and CEO.

 

Over the decades, America’s energy infrastructure has grown to include more pipelines carrying gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, pipelines carrying natural gas liquids like propane and ethane, and even pipelines dedicated to carbon dioxide as a liquid. AOPL has advocated on behalf of member companies delivering liquid energy in all of these forms and will continue to do so into the future.

 

            Liquid energy pipelines play a vital role meeting America’s future energy needs. Experts predict that even an energy transition that meets Paris climate goals will need to include substantial amounts of traditional energy for several decades as Americans turn over their vehicle fleets and use other products developed from liquid energy. Cleaner burning transportation and cooking fuels like renewable biodiesel and liquid petroleum gas are best delivered by pipeline. Carbon dioxide emissions from the manufacturing and industrial sectors will need to travel by pipeline from where they are captured to their permanent underground storage sites. With pipelines offering the safest, most environmentally protective and lowest cost way to move liquid energy, the future is bright for pipelines. 

 

            More information on LEPA and liquid energy pipelines can be found at our new website address: www.liquidenergypipelines.org.