Operations Philosophy

In January of this year, Colonial Pipeline appointed its 8^th president in the company’s 46-year history. Tim Felt brings a wealth of experience to the job of leading a pipeline company that delivers more gasoline and other refined petroleum products than any pipeline in the world.

Mr. Felt’s resume includes leadership positions at Mobil Pipeline Co. and, more recently, at Explorer Pipeline where he was president for the past 8 years. At Explorer, Mr. Felt focused on safely operating a pipeline delivering supplies from Gulf Coast refineries to customers and markets in the Midwest. At Colonial, he undertakes the challenge of safely operating a pipeline that connects Gulf Coast supplies with markets across the Southern and Eastern United States.

His priorities are familiar to Colonial, its companies and the five companies that own Colonial Pipeline:

•  Be safe and operate the pipeline safely so that no one - employee, contractor or member of the public - is harmed as a result of Colonial’s operations. This is a non-negotiable fact of pipeline operations in today’s world.
  
  

• Preserve the integrity of the pipeline and Colonial’s facilities so that the environment is protected. Delivering 100 million gallons of fuel a day is a challenge. Delivering it without spilling a drop is Colonial’s daily mission.
  
  

•  Comply with the rules and regulations that Colonial has set for itself and that government regulators have set for the pipeline industry. Operating safely and properly is the right thing to do. Being able to demonstrate that you are operating safely and properly is the right way to do business.
  
  

• Speaking of business, Colonial has the obligation to operate its business as efficiently and reliably as possible. Colonial understands the role it plays in supplying the fuels many Americans depend on in their daily lives.

A native of upstate New York, Mr. Felt is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy. His career in the pipeline industry has involved him heavily with some of the associations that help set best practices for all pipelines, including the Common Ground Alliance, the Association of Oil Pipe Lines and the American Petroleum Institute.