Incidents in BC

Incidents in BC locations as provided through the BCER's Audit and Integrity Engineering group locations of pipeline incidents by year in the province.

The Incidents in BC locations are a subset of all other incidents that are reported to the BCER through an incident reporting system. The incidents layer represents pipeline incidents that occurred on pipelines that are in active, deactivated or abandoned status and includes a brief description of the incident cause.

The associated attribute table contains details that elaborate on the incident information.

Data Properties

Attributes / Column Name

Field Alias

Data Type

Data Precision

Comments

OBJECTID

OBJECTID

Object ID

10

Unique row value assigned by databaseSHAPE

SHAPE

Geometry (Point)

 

 INCIDENT_ID

Incident ID

Text

15

Unique identifier for each incident.SITE_TYPE

Site Type

Text

255

Type of site where the incident occurred. 

e.g., pipeline, Riser, etc.

PERMIT_HOLDER

Permit Holder

Text

255

Name of the company responsible for the pipeline.INCIDENT_DATE

Incident Date

Date

 

Date when the incident occurred.UTMZONE

UTM Zone

Short

5

 UTMNORTHING

UTM Northing

Double

10

 UTMEASTING

UTM Easting

Double

9

 SPILL_FLAG

Spill (Y/N)

Text

3

Indicates whether a spill occurred, i.e., Yes, NoSPILL_PRODUCT

Spill Product

Text

255

Type of product spilled (if applicable)SPILL_VOLUME_M3

Spill Volume (m3)

Double

4

Spill volume (if applicable) in cubic meters.SPILL_VOLUME_STATUS

Spill Volume Status

Text

18

When no spill volume is reported the status indicates the reason why: Null, Unknown, Not Applicable, Historical No Data. When a spill volume has a value this value will be null.CAUSE

Cause

Text

255

CAUSE is a value indicating of failure cause classification of the incident, e.g., Metal Loss, Construction Defect, Cracking, External Factors, etc… CAUSE_DESCRIPTION

Cause Description

Text

1000

 

 

Renewal Triggers and Service Levels

  1.  Nightly

     

Contact Information

For further information please contact

BC Energy Regulator [email protected]

 

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Additional Info

Field Value
Last Updated August 15, 2026, 07:13 (UTC)
Created March 24, 2026, 21:09 (UTC)
Domain / Topic
Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
Title
Title for the Dataset.
Incidents in BC
Description
A description of the dataset.

Incidents in BC locations as provided through the BCER's Audit and Integrity Engineering group locations of pipeline incidents by year in the province.

The Incidents in BC locations are a subset of all other incidents that are reported to the BCER through an incident reporting system. The incidents layer represents pipeline incidents that occurred on pipelines that are in active, deactivated or abandoned status and includes a brief description of the incident cause.

The associated attribute table contains details that elaborate on the incident information.

Data Properties

Attributes / Column Name

Field Alias

Data Type

Data Precision

Comments

OBJECTID

OBJECTID

Object ID

10

Unique row value assigned by databaseSHAPE

SHAPE

Geometry (Point)

 

 INCIDENT_ID

Incident ID

Text

15

Unique identifier for each incident.SITE_TYPE

Site Type

Text

255

Type of site where the incident occurred. 

e.g., pipeline, Riser, etc.

PERMIT_HOLDER

Permit Holder

Text

255

Name of the company responsible for the pipeline.INCIDENT_DATE

Incident Date

Date

 

Date when the incident occurred.UTMZONE

UTM Zone

Short

5

 UTMNORTHING

UTM Northing

Double

10

 UTMEASTING

UTM Easting

Double

9

 SPILL_FLAG

Spill (Y/N)

Text

3

Indicates whether a spill occurred, i.e., Yes, NoSPILL_PRODUCT

Spill Product

Text

255

Type of product spilled (if applicable)SPILL_VOLUME_M3

Spill Volume (m3)

Double

4

Spill volume (if applicable) in cubic meters.SPILL_VOLUME_STATUS

Spill Volume Status

Text

18

When no spill volume is reported the status indicates the reason why: Null, Unknown, Not Applicable, Historical No Data. When a spill volume has a value this value will be null.CAUSE

Cause

Text

255

CAUSE is a value indicating of failure cause classification of the incident, e.g., Metal Loss, Construction Defect, Cracking, External Factors, etc… CAUSE_DESCRIPTION

Cause Description

Text

1000

 

 

Renewal Triggers and Service Levels

  1.  Nightly

     

Contact Information

For further information please contact

BC Energy Regulator [email protected]

 
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0.09
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2025-05-09
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public
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This data is for representation purposes only. The BC Energy Regulator provides this data "as is" with the understanding that it is not guaranteed to be accurate, correct or complete and conclusions drawn from such information are the responsibility of the user. It carries no guarantee of any kind, express or implied. Please review the BCER Open Data License for complete details.
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https://data-bc-er.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/d3663d0c1f61408eb2f51f4db69846da
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BC_Energy_Regulator
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2026-08-14
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d3663d0c1f61408eb2f51f4db69846da
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English
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https://data-bc-er.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/d3663d0c1f61408eb2f51f4db69846da
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None
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471
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21
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9891
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