README for “National Petroleum Council Pipeline Networks 1995” dataset. U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) [distributor] 2025-06-04 ---------------------------------------------------------------- LINKS TO DATASET ---------------------------------------------------------------- A. Dataset archive link: https://doi.org/10.21949/1530697 ---------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY OF DATASET ---------------------------------------------------------------- The National Petroleum Council Pipeline Networks 1995 dataset is from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics's (BTS's) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). Petroleum Liquids transportation network for crude oil and petroleum products. Straight line origin-to-destination network. ---------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ---------------------------------------------------------------- A. General Information B. Sharing/Access & Policies Information C. Data and Related File Overview D. Methodological Information E. Data-Specific Information for: National Petroleum Council Pipeline Networks 1995 [datasets] F. Update Log ---------------------------------------------------------------- A. GENERAL INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------------------------- 0. Title of Dataset: National Petroleum Council Pipeline Networks 1995 [dataset] 1. Description of Dataset: The National Petroleum Council Pipeline Networks 1995 dataset is from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS's) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). Petroleum Liquids transportation network for crude oil and petroleum products. Straight line origin-to-destination network. 2. Dataset archive link: https://doi.org/10.21949/1530697 3. Authorship Information: Principal Data Creator or Data Manager Contact Information Institution: U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Address: 1200 New Jersey Ave SE, Washington D.C. 20590 Contact: ntad@dot.gov Data Distributor Contact Information Name: National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Institution: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Office of Spatial Analysis and Visualization (OSAV) Address: 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington D.C. 20590 Email: ntad@dot.gov 4. Date of data collection and update interval: This dataset is not receiving updates. 5. Geographic location of data collection: United States of America 6. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: National Petroleum Council, Oak Ridge National Laboratory ---------------------------------------------------------------- B. SHARING/ACCESS & POLICIES INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------------------------- 0. Recommended citation for the data: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). National Petroleum Council Pipeline Networks 1995 [datasets]. https://doi.org/10.21949/1530697 1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: These data are in the Public Domain. 2. Was data derived from another source?: No. 3.This document was created to meet the requirements enumerated in the U.S. Department of Transportation's 'Plan to Increase Public Access to the Results of Federally-Funded Scientific Research' Version 1.1 <> and guidelines suggested by the DOT Public Access website <> ---------------------------------------------------------------- C. DATA & RELATED FILE OVERVIEW ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. File List for the National Petroleum Council Pipeline Networks 1995-1995 dataset. A. Filename: bts_NTAD_Pipeline_DMP_20250604.pdf Short description: A PDF file containing the Data Management Plan that was created for current and future management of the data and associated files. B. Filename: bts_NTAD_Pipeline_README_20250604.txt Short description: The README.txt file that includes human-readable information about the data, variable definitions, contact information, and other contextual information. The file you are reading now. C. Filename: NTAD1995_SHP_Final_Pipeline (Folder) Short description: File folders containing the geospatial data for the Petroleum Liquids Transportation Network 1995 dataset. Ca. Filename: PIPE_CR.shp Short description: A shapefile containing the geopatial links and nodes data for the crude oil pipe network subset of the Petroleum Liquids Transportation Network 1995 dataset. This includes associated files with extensions .prj, .dbf, .sbn, .sbx, .shx. Cb. Filename: PIPE_PR.shp A shapefile containing the geopatial links and nodes data for petroleum products pipe network subset of the Petroleum Liquids Transportation Network 1995 dataset. This includes associated files with extensions .prj, .dbf, .sbn, .sbx, .shx. Cc. Filename: PIPE.txt Short description: A text file containing key metadata and documentation information such as methodology, procedures, data dictionary, etc. D. Filename: bts_NTAD_Pipeline_METADATA.json Short description: The machine-readable .json metadata file based on DCAT-US metadata schema v1.1. ---------------------------------------------------------------- D. METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: N/A 2. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: The data and documentation files can be opened with Esri ArcMap and/or any GIS software. An open-source software that can open most ESRI file types is QGIS https://www.qgis.org/en/site/. ---------------------------------------------------------------- E. DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. National Petroleum Council Pipeline Networks data table Data will not recieve updates, and due to it's size the data is not described in detail here. A. Number of variables (columns): Because of the large number of variables, please refer to the Data Dictionary found within the file atr.txt for names, definitions, and formats of variables. B. Data Dictionary/Variable List: Because of the large number of variables, please refer to the Data Dictionary found within the file Pipeline_Networks.txt for names, definitions, and formats of variables. C. Missing data codes: None ---------------------------------------------------------------- F. UPDATE LOG ---------------------------------------------------------------- This bts_Pipeline_Networks_20250529_README.txt file was originally created on 2024-02-23 by Dominic Menegus, Geographer, dominic.menegus@dot.gov [Note changes or update to the readme.txt file, e.g.:] 2024-02-23: Original file created 2025-06-04: File revision, including dataset descriptions and file organization