# Presentation: 512429

##   EIAGIS

***  ******EIAGIS***

**U.S. Department of Energy**

**Energy Information Administration/**

**EIA/ANL**

**Argonne National Laboratory**

##      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.**

## Major North American Natural Gas Transportation Corridors

***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**

##        EIAGIS

**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

***Overall EIAGIS-NG Concept***

***EIAGIS-NG includes the principal natural gas pipelines operating in the United States. ***

## Includes Maps for:

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

-  ** ****408 Existing  Underground Storage Sites**

**  ****95 Proposed Storage Projects**

***Includes Point Locations for:***

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***  *****More than 1,400 Compressor Stations**

-   **Over 9,700 Delivery Points**

***  *****Over 1,300 Interstate Interconnections**

**  ****650 State Border Crossings**

**  ****Over 5,400 Receipt Points**

**Energy Information Administration/**

**Argonne National Laboratory**

**U.S. Department of Energy**

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

##   EIAGIS

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

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_***Design:***_
***PC-based***
***Modular***
***Menu and dialog box oriented***
***Data Dictionary based***

## 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**

## 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***

## 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. **

***Initial Map Selection Process - (Choose State/Pipeline/Facilities******)   ***

## Click this Button to

**Click this Button to**
** ****View or Select**
**Background Data and **
**Other display options**

**The user may include**
** ****supplemental data points**
**to be displayed. **

**The user may also select**
**additional geographic**
**data to be mapped.**

## 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.  **

## EIAGIS-NG Mapping ---

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

***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 ...***

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

##         Mapping Tool Annotated

** ****Map tools provides the**
**options to manipulate**
**how the map is displayed**
**on the screen including**
**text to describe points.**

- EIAGIS-NG MAPPING SYSTEM

## Adding data points and pipelines

- EIAGIS-NG  MAPPING SYSTEM

***Adding data points and pipelines***

- EIAGIS-NG MAPPING SYSTEM

***Additional data points etc. may be added***

## 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.**

## Example of how the user may 

**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.**

- EIAGIS-NG   MAPPING SYSTEM

**The user may use the **
**label option to identify**
**Sites or Points of a**
**particular type **

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***Example of  setting up Data Point Labeling***

##         Labelling Operation Annotated

- EIAGIS-NG  MAPPING SYSTEM

***Example of Labeling Data Points***

## An example of how a

**An example of how a**
**user has identified and**
**labeled selected**
**data points.**

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##       EIAGIS-NG

***     ******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

***Example of  setting up an area (polygon) and selecting facilities within its boundaries***

*** ******Selecting facilities (data points) to***
*** ******include within the boundary search***

## Example of drawing an area (polygon) for a data point search

***Example of drawing an area (polygon) for a data point search***

## Buffer Search: selecting facilities within X miles of a specific pipeline along an extended corridor

***Buffer Search: selecting facilities within X miles of a specific pipeline along an extended corridor***

## Buffer Search for Electric Power Plants Within 30 Miles

***Buffer Search for Electric Power Plants Within 30 Miles***
***of  an Interstate Pipeline Located in the Midwestern U.S. ***

## Slide 31

##       EIAGIS-NG

***     ******1. Summary Statistics***
***     ******2. Shade by Grouping***
***         ******A.  Boundaries/Regions  ***
***         ******B.  Points (Facilities)***
***         ***

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## Example of  setting up Summary Statistics.

***Example of  setting up Summary Statistics.***

## Example of  setting up Summary Statistics.

***Example of  setting up Summary Statistics.***

**This example displays basic**
**statistical data for the**
**underground storage**
**sites selected in the **
**three States. **

***Example of  completed Statistical Summary.***

## Example of  setting up Shade by Grouping

***Example of  setting up Shade by Grouping***

## Example of  completed Shade by Grouping

**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***

## Working Gas Capacity in Underground Natural Gas Storage

***Working Gas Capacity in Underground Natural Gas Storage***
*** ******Sites Located in the Western United States ***

## Number of Residential Natural Gas Customers in the U. S., 1995

***Number of Residential Natural Gas Customers in the U. S., 1995***

## When, and if, the user wishes a hardcopy of the map or a hardcopy report on the data mapped then ...

***When, and if, the user wishes a hardcopy of the map or a hardcopy report on the data mapped then ...***

***... the reports selection/output option may be executed ...***

## ... the data may be further limited with the Query 

**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 ...***

***...  the selected hardcopy report may be previewed,  then printed.***

##       EIAGIS-NG

***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***

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