Mapping System Highlights Energy Infrastructure

EIA’s mapping system highlights energy infrastructure across the United States

Source: EIA Energy Mapping System

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EIA's energy mapping system is a data-intensive visual reference tool that includes several map layers defining energy infrastructure components across the United States. Using this series of maps, viewers can see crude oil, petroleum, natural gas, or hydrocarbon gas liquid pipelines, terminals, and ports in their area, as well as high voltage electric transmission lines. The mapping system combines information from many government agencies as well as public and private sources. Understanding infrastructure components is helpful as energy supply and consumption patterns change.

• Crude oil
• Petroleum products
• Natural gas
• Electricity
• Storage

Source: EIA Energy Mapping System

Crude oil pipelines and rail terminal locations are based on publicly available data.

These map layers can be presented over several base layers with geographic, topographic, street, or satellite image detail, as well as with state, county, and congressional district borders.

Each state's map is also included as part of EIA's State Energy Data System. For instance, within North Dakota, viewers can see several components of energy infrastructure (pipelines, rail terminals, transmission lines) in addition to parts of the energy system, such as the locations of natural gas processing plants, coal mines, and wind power plants (including individual turbines).

(DOE-EIA)