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About Us

So many of our daily activities are made possible by a vast underground network of steel pipelines that quietly delivers the fuels we need to drive our cars and heat our homes, as well as raw materials for making items as diverse as medicines and food containers.

The Navajo Nation Oil and Gas Company (NNOGC) headquartered in St Michaels, Arizona owns and operates Running Horse Pipeline (RHPL) headquartered in Montezuma Creek, Utah.  Running Horse Pipeline operates crude oil  pipelines in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.  Running Horse Pipeline is part of the behind-the-scenes, yet vital, action that keeps this network humming around the clock and keeps consumers supplied with the modern conveniences that make their lives easier.

Pursuing Excellence in the Community

In some areas, all neighbors see of a RHPL-owned or -operated pipeline is a cleared area and markers along the pipeline's path. Where there are facilities like pump stations and terminals, Running Horse Pipeline may be a more visible part of the community. But in each community we touch, and with each of the pipeline systems we operate, we strive for excellence - in regulatory compliance, environmental stewardship and safety. Our operating practices and safety and environmental achievements earn praise and commendations from industry and governmental organizations.

A key component of this safety commitment is our ongoing Public Awareness program, which delivers pipeline education and public safety communications to our pipeline neighbors. For more details on pipeline safety and our Public Awareness program, see the “Our Neighbors” section.

Marketing

To better take advantage of the global commodity prices, the Navajo Nation elected to take their Royalty Oil in Kind (RIK).  NNOGC has been marketing the Nation’s royalty oil since the inception of the program in 1996.

Running Horse Pipeline

The pipeline system consists of an 87 mile, 16 inch interstate crude oil pipeline purchased from GIANT Industries in 2002, approximately 40 miles of crude oil gathering lines within the Greater Aneth Field and a tank farm with 240,000 barrels of oil storage capacity.  The Main line transports nearly all the crude oil from southeast Utah to market.  Daily deliveries average 15,000 barrels of oil per day.

The first priority of our business is safety – the safety of our neighbors, employees, and the environment. Our programs are designed to help us operate safely.

Our Pipeline Integrity Management Program helps ensure the mechanical integrity of our pipelines.

Our Programs
Our employee training and qualification programs help ensure our employees have the knowledge they need to do their jobs safely and in a way that maintains the integrity of our systems.

Our emergency response plans describe our planned responses in the event of a pipeline emergency and provide RHPL emergency contact information. We share these plans with government response agencies near our pipelines.

Our Public Awareness program includes delivering pipeline education and public safety information to our neighbors. Brochures mailed annually describe how to prevent pipeline damage and how to recognize, report, and respond to accidents if they occur.

Our compliance assurance programs help us ensure that we are in full compliance with all applicable regulations as well as our own internal guidelines and procedures

Emergency Information

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