Welcome to the EnergyXYZ Geospatial blog

Our goal with this site is to give those in the energy industry a place to learn about what you can do with maps and GIS (Geographic Information Systems) to further your analytical needs. We will be sharing resources, news, and data in the hopes that we can help you improve your skills and knowledge about mapping and GIS.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Top 10 Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines (by Mileage)


I was just working on some natural gas maps to round out the Platts suite of Natural Gas maps, and I threw this map together just out of curiosity. If this is something that you find helpful, please let me know. Feel free to drop it into presentations. In case it's not painfully obvious from this post's title and the map title...this is strictly based on line mileage, not capacity or anything else.

Platts/UDI China mapping data graces pages of National Geographic


UDI is a department within Platts which collects and databases generation and contact data for power plant units globally. You can see their products here.

The mapping group at Platts Analytics took UDI's power plant data for China and mapped it and now has the honor of sharing that data with National Geographic magazine. You can see some of our GIS data (coal fired power plants) in the May issue which is dedicated to China's growth.

Monday, December 17, 2007

Ice storm halts some US Midwest pipelines


Power outage impacts Magellan and Enbridge

We put together a quick map for Oilgram News last week.

An ice storm in Oklahoma caused major power outages December 10 and shut several US Midwest pipelines and terminals, sources said.

Half the northeastern Oklahoma region, including the Tulsa area, was without electricity December 10 as heavy ice caused trees to snap and fall, taking power lines with them, the Tulsa World newspaper reported on its web site.