
With more than 28,000 receipt and delivery points, pipeline interconnects, compressor stations, storage facilities and gas processing plants, the U.S. interstate natural gas pipeline system is complex and can be difficult to grasp. The infrastructure stretches from coast to coast and from Canada to Mexico. What would it be like to have a geographical perspective of these systems, where you could zoom in and out to see how points within the infrastructure relate?
BENTEK’s
GEOfloTM Pipeline Map combines the proprietary, flow-data-gathering technology of BENTEK with Google Earth, and enables you to “fly” anywhere in North America to view satellite imagery, interstate pipeline routes and natural gas facilities. GEOflo
TM displays real-time information from BENTEK’s
Energy Data WarehouseTM by simply clicking on points on the map. Information includes the point name, pipeline name, facility type, component ID number, date when flow data started, flow average and location type.
GEOflo
TM provides an interactive, visual interface that creates a view of the U.S. interstate pipeline system. BENTEK collects data on 30 different types of facilities and 12 of those types are currently included in GEOflo
TM. There are over 120 interstate pipelines and related facilities that can be easily searched and plotted. The simple, intuitive GEOflo
TM interface filters data by pipeline, facility type and flow volume in such a way that even non-technical users can be up and running in minutes, creating maps and reports, and viewing flow information.