The　terrorist　attack　on　the　Abqaiq　oil　plant　in　Saudi　Arabia　on　September　14,　2019　attracted　global　attention　to　the　significant　role　of　safety　and　security　in　the　sustainable　oil　and　gas　supply　chain　and　the　vulnerability　of　supply　infrastructures　subject　to　intentional　and　unintentional　damages.　Different　from　other　oil　and　gas　supply　infrastructures,　oil　and　gas　pipelines　may　be　more　vulnerable　to　accidental,　natural　and　intentional　threats　due　to　their　widespread　distribution.　Therefore　a　systematic　and　thorough　review　is　carried　out　to　investigate　safety　and　security　of　oil　and　gas　pipelines　based　on　bibliometric　analysis.　First,　a　total　of　598　publications　between　1970　and　2019　related　to　safety　and　security　of　oil　and　natural　gas　pipelines　was　retrieved　and　refined　from　the　database　of　Web　of　Science　(WoS).　The　598　publications　are　analyzed　by　the　bibliometric　software　VOSviewer　to　obtain　the　temporal　and　regional　distribution　of　publications,　to　identify　＂productive　institutions＂　and　＂productive　authors＂,　and　create　the　cooperation　networks　between　institutions　and　authors.　Besides,　the　evolution　of　research　topics　and　research　methods　are　identified　based　on　keywords　and　bibliographic　analysis.　Moreover,　the　main　research　topics　and　research　methods　are　analyzed　to　obtain　insight　into　the　research　evolutions　and　trends.　Risk　assessment,　leakage,　and　corrosion　are　the　main　topics　while　QRA,　fuzzy　theory　and　the　Bayesian　network　are　the　most　frequently　used　research　methods.　To　further　improve　the　sustainability　of　oil　and　gas　pipelines,　this　study　provides　and　discusses　future　research　needs　such　as　pipeline　security,　environmental　sustainability,　pipeline　system　resilience.　According　to　these　results,　the　research　on　risk　assessment　based　on　Bayesian　network　and　consequence　analysis　using　CFD　may　increase　in　the　future.　Besides,　more　research　and　guidelines　on　pipeline　security,　resilience,　and　environmental　impacts　to　better　protect　pipelines,　are　expected.　(c)　2020　Elsevier　Ltd.　All　rights　reserved.