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U.S. Department of Energy
Energy Information Administration/
Argonne National Laboratory
EIAGIS
EIA/ANL
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EIA Natural Gas Geographic
Information System
EIAGIS-NG is a geographic information system
(GIS) centered primarily on the U.S. natural gas
industry. EIAGIS-NG was developed by DOE/EIA as
an analytical and tracking tool to expand its
capabilities to study an industry undergoing
rapid deregulation and significant changes.
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Most of the Natural Gas in the U.S. Flows from
the Southwestern States Canada to the
Northeastern,Midwestern and Western Markets
Major North American Natural Gas Transportation
Corridors
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EIAGIS
In addition to its mapping capabilities, EIAGIS
also has a user-friendly interface that was
designed expressly for those who are neither
programmers nor GIS specialists. In addition to
providing full data parsing and map generation
capabilities, it includes database management
capabilities for the capture, edit and update of
data, and the production of tabular reports. It
also has an integral data dictionary that
records and standardize the data in the system.
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Overall EIAGIS-NG Concept
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EIAGIS-NG includes the principal natural gas
pipelines operating in the United States.
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Includes Maps for
U.S. Department of Energy
EIAGIS
Energy Information Administration/
Argonne National Laboratory

• 61 U.S. Interstate Pipeline Systems
• 71 U.S. Intrastate Pipelines and Local
  Distribution Companies
• 18 Canadian Pipeline Systems

Includes Point Locations for

• More than 1,400 Compressor Stations

• Over 9,700 Delivery Points

• Over 5,400 Receipt Points

• Over 1,300 Interstate Interconnections

• 95 Proposed Storage Projects

• 408 Existing Underground Storage Sites

• 650 State Border Crossings

as well as Electric Power Plants, Cogeneration
Facilities and other energy facilities.
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EIAGIS

• History
• Begun in late 1993
• First phase completed June 1994
• Second phase completed February 1996

• Design
• PC-based
• Modular
• Menu and dialog box oriented
• Data Dictionary based

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Main Menu - Choose Mapping
Select this option to perform mapping functions
for pipelines and other related criteria, a
menu of all mapping options is provided
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Mapping Selection Menu

• A Mapping Selection Menu allows the user the
  flexibility to
• Choose by Pipeline or State
• Request Specific Types of Points to Map
• Alter the Level of Geographic Detail Desired

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Initial Map Selection Process - (Choose
State/Pipeline/Facilities)
This Menu contains all possible options of
pipelines, pipeline related points and
boundaries that can be mappedwithin the EIAGIS
System.
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Click this Button to View or Select Background
Data and Other display options
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The user may include supplemental data points to
be displayed.
The user may also select additional
geographic data to be mapped.
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Mapping for Several States of Northeast United
States
This Map presents the selected States and related
data requested through the previous menu. The
Pipelines show through the states selected.
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EIAGIS-NG Mapping ---

• Upon display of the requested map the user may
  select from a number of options

• Alter map display, e.g., zoom in/out.

• Identify (label) points according to type.

• Perform statistical summariztion and graphing

• Execute and produce hardcopy reports of selected
  data

• Display information on selected point(s)

• More ...

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Mapping Tool Annotated
EIAGIS-NG MAPPING SYSTEM
Map tools provides the options to manipulate how
the map is displayed on the screen including text
to describe points.
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EIAGIS-NG MAPPING SYSTEM

• Adding data points and pipelines

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EIAGIS-NG MAPPING SYSTEM
Additional data points etc. may be added
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Sample Inquiries

• Identify electric power generating plants within
  a specified distance of a pipeline, another
  energy site, a highway, etc.
• Determine how much underground storage capacity
  is available from the largest facilities located
  within an area or region.
• Estimate throughput capability at selected points
  along a pipeline system.

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EIAGIS-NG MAPPING SYSTEM
Example of how the user may select on a
particluar point and have information on it
displayed. Example shown is Compressor Station
on the Texas Eastern system.
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EIAGIS-NG MAPPING SYSTEM
EIAGIS-NG MAPPING SYSTEM
The user may use the label option to
identify Sites or Points of a particular type
Example of setting up Data Point Labeling
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Labelling Operation Annotated
EIAGIS-NG MAPPING SYSTEM
Example of Labeling Data Points
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EIAGIS-NG MAPPING SYSTEM
An example of how a user has identified
and labeled selected data points.
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EIAGIS-NG
Search Options 1. SQL (Query) Searching
2. Area Searching A. Boundary
Searches B. Buffer Searches C.
Circle Searches D. User-defined Area
Searches
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• Example of setting up an area (polygon) and
  selecting facilities within its boundaries

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Selecting facilities (data points) to include
within the boundary search
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Example of drawing an area (polygon) for a data
point search
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• Buffer Search selecting facilities within X
  miles of a specific pipeline along an extended
  corridor

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Buffer Search for Electric Power Plants Within 30
Miles of an Interstate Pipeline Located in the
Midwestern U.S.
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EIAGIS-NG
Analysis Options 1. Summary Statistics
2. Shade by Grouping A.
Boundaries/Regions B. Points
(Facilities)
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Example of setting up Summary Statistics.
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• Example of setting up Summary Statistics.

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This example displays basic statistical data for
the underground storage sites selected in the
three States.
Example of completed Statistical Summary.
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• Example of setting up Shade by Grouping

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The several counties in the States containing
storage sites have been shaded according to total
level of deliverability in each.
Example of completed Shade by Grouping
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Working Gas Capacity in Underground Natural Gas
Storage Sites Located in the Western United
States
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Number of Residential Natural Gas Customers in
the U. S., 1995
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When, and if, the user wishes a hardcopy of the
map or a hardcopy report on the data mapped then
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... the reports selection/output option may be
executed ...
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The Locate box allows the user to position the
database by searching on specific criteria.
... the data may be further limited with the
Query option ...
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... the selected hardcopy report may be
previewed, then printed.
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EIAGIS-NG

• Summary
• Basic objectives were met
• Biggest obstacle Lack of source maps and
  geographic based data
• Copies of the system distributed to more than 140
  parties
• Future Plans
• Add more pipelines audit update library
• Expand into crude oil and product pipelines
• Develop a supporting document retrieval process
• Expand analytical capabilities and options