Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Explorer Pipeline Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$30M
Total assets Below avg plan size
61
Participants Small participant base
79th
Percentile by assets National rank
$494,263
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Explorer Pipeline Company · Oklahoma · Transportation & Warehousing

$30M in assets, 61 participants

Explorer Pipeline Company's Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan reported $30M in total assets and 61 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 79th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #2,628 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)

Where Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan sits by assets

Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $30M for 61 participants (~$494,263/participant), up 4.0% in 2023.

#2,628
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
+4.0%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$30,150,046 Top 21% higher than 79% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan is a small filing (61 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$9M in the plan year 2022 filing to $3M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 68 in the plan year 2022 filing to 61 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $29M in the plan year 2022 filing to $30M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 730785982 · Explorer Pipeline Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan · $30M · 61 · 79th

  • EIN $30M
  • EIN 61
  • EIN 79th
  • EIN Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EIN near Apartment Employees' Pension Trust
  • EIN ind #2628

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Oklahoma →

Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$29M
Net Assets (End of Year)$30M
Net Income$3M
Employer EIN730785982
Plan Effective Date1970-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Explorer Pipeline Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Explorer Pipeline Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$123M 23.46859433964901% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$90M$100M$110M$120M$130M 202220232024 $99.5M $123M ▲ +23.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 308 $99M
2023 2 294 $111M
2024 2 300 $123M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Oklahoma

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Oklahoma, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -100001000200030004000 -0.500.511.52 Total assets ($B) Participants Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.030150046 · Participants: 61Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement PlanPipeline Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 1.550776271 · Participants: 1904Pipeline Industry Pension FundWilliams Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.33243367 · Participants: 3588Williams Pension PlanOne Gas, Inc. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.795535 · Participants: 740One Gas, Inc. Retirement PlanRetirement Plan for Employees of Devon Energy Corporation, Total assets ($B): 0.480356058 · Participants: 171Retirement Plan for Employees of Devon Energy CorporationIntegris Health, Inc. Retirement Plan a, Total assets ($B): 0.422772766 · Participants: 1145Integris Health, Inc. Retirement Plan a
Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Oklahoma, assets vs. participants
Compare Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Oklahoma, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Apartment Employees' Pension Trust in CA ($30M); by covered participants it is National Automatic Sprinkler Industry Fund Office Employees Pension Plan in MD (61 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (61 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan edged up modestly - up 4.0% during 2023, from $29M to $30M. Reported net income was $3M.
How have Explorer Pipeline Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Explorer Pipeline Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 23.5%, from $99M to $123M.
Where does Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan ranks in the 79th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Apartment Employees' Pension Trust in CA ($30M, 549 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Explorer Pipeline Company Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is National Automatic Sprinkler Industry Fund Office Employees Pension Plan in MD (61 participants, $32M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 730785982.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.