The direct cause of gathering pipe network failure was the failure of the pipeline and accessories equipments according to a lot of field investigation .The fault tree was established as the top event of gathering pipeline failure on the basis of the comprehensive analysis of gathering pipeline network failure factors. Considering about the 44 basic events, the descending method was used to analyze the gathering pipeline network failure fault tree, and obtained all 52 minimum cut sets in the system. And the quantitative analysis of the fault tree was carried on. The qualitative analysis was carried on the gathering pipe network and the weakest link was found out in gathering pipe network, which could maintenance the old pipeline network and provide theoretical guidance for the design of the new pipeline network.