U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines

ISO-19139 Metadata

Metadata Information:

Metadata language:

Metadata character set: utf8

Last update: 2019-06-26

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Scope of the data described by the metadata: dataset

Name of the metadata standard used: NAP - Metadata

Version of the metadata standard: 1.2

Metadata identifier: 1586957949416r0406454953741644

Resource Identification Information:

Citation:

Title: U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines

Reference date - publication: 2018-04-01

Presentation format: mapDigital

Themes or categories of the resource: location, structure

Place keywords:

Keywords: Continental United States, CONUS, USA

Place keywords:

Keywords: Continental United States, CONUS, USA

Place keywords:

Keywords: Continental United States, CONUS, USA

Theme keywords:

Keywords: natural gas, pipelines, interstate, intrastate, energy, infrastructure, HIFLD Open

Theme keywords:

Keywords: natural gas, pipelines, interstate, intrastate, energy, infrastructure, HIFLD Open

Theme keywords:

Keywords: natural gas, pipelines, interstate, intrastate, energy, infrastructure, HIFLD Open

Theme keywords:

Keywords: natural gas, pipelines, interstate, intrastate, energy, infrastructure, HIFLD Open

Theme keywords:

Keywords: natural gas, pipelines, interstate, intrastate, energy, infrastructure, HIFLD Open

Theme keywords:

Keywords: natural gas, pipelines, interstate, intrastate, energy, infrastructure, HIFLD Open

Theme keywords:

Keywords: natural gas, pipelines, interstate, intrastate, energy, infrastructure, HIFLD Open

Descriptive keywords - :

Keywords: Downloadable Data

Abstract:

 The U.S. natural gas pipeline network is a highly integrated network that moves natural gas throughout the continental United States. The pipeline network has about 3 million miles of mainline and other pipelines that link natural gas production areas and storage facilities with consumers. In 2017, this natural gas transportation network delivered about 25 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas to 75 million customers.About half of the existing mainline natural gas transmission network and a large portion of the local distribution network were installed in the 1950s and 1960s because consumer demand for natural gas more than doubled following World War II. The distribution network has continued to expand to provide natural gas service to new commercial facilities and housing developments.

Purpose:

 This is a polyline dataset representing the major natural gas transmission pipelines in the U.S. including interstate, intrastate, and gathering pipelines.These data were obtained by the U.S. Energy Information Administration from various sources including FERC Form 567—Annual Report Of System Flow Diagrams and Capacity, and other external sources such as company web pages and industry press.  Updated April 2018.

Dataset language: eng

Dataset character set: utf8

Resource constraints:

Constraints:

Limitations of use: The U.S. Energy Information Administration shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. These data and related graphics, if available, are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The U.S. Energy Information Administration gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data.

Spatial representation type: vector

Processing environment: Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.6.1.9270

Extent:

Geographic extent:

Bounding rectangle:

Extent contains the resource: true

West longitude: -151.558919

East longitude: -67.43964

North latitude: 60.499968

South latitude: 25.386288

 Collected by EIA from FERC and other external sources.

Spatial Representation - Vector:

Level of topology for this dataset: geometryOnly

Geometric objects:

Object type: composite

Object count: 33806

Reference System Information:

Reference system identifier:

Value: 4326

Code space: EPSG

Version: 6.14(3.0.1)

Data Quality Information:

Lineage:

Lineage statement:

 Changed abbreviations for 'PL', 'sys', 'distri' and 'trans' to unabbreviated versions in the attribute OPERATOR.
Changed 'Co' and 'Company' to 'Co.' for consistency in the attribute OPERATOR.
Changed some OPERATOR attributes values slightly for consistency to companies.
Six blank entities in the TYPEPIPE were replaced with the value 'Other'

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Format name: Shapefile

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