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| Map Element |
Description |
Source
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| 1002 Area (AK) |
A
1.5-million-acre coastal section of the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge, an important wildlife habitat with potentially enormous oil and
gas resources. |
U.S. Geological Survey. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 1002 Area,
Petroleum Assessment, 1998, Including Economic Analysis.
Last Modified: December 14, 2005.
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| Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (AK) |
Established by the 1980 Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, of which a small portion is the 1002 Area. |
U.S. Geological Survey. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 1002 Area,
Petroleum Assessment, 1998, Including Economic Analysis.
Last Modified: December 14, 2005.
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| Coal Mines |
Mines that produced more than 4 million short tons of coal in 2006.
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U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration,
Table 9. Major U.S. Coal Mines, 2006.
Release Date: September 2006.
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| Counties, States, Canada, and Mexico |
All U.S counties and States, Canada and Mexico.
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Global Energy Decisions - Velocity Suite.
Release Date: July 2006.
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| Electric Generating Plants |
Electricity plants with net summer capacity of 100 megawatts or greater.
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Energy Information Administration, Annual Electric Generator Report
(Data for 2006).
Global Energy Decisions - Velocity Suite.
Release Date: July 2006.
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| Electric Transmission Lines |
Electric lines with voltage of 345 kV or more.
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Global Energy Decisions - Velocity Suite.
Release Date: July 2006.
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| Geothermal Energy Potential |
Areas with geothermal surface heat flow of 80 milliWatts per square meter,
which is suitable for generating electricity.
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U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Geothermal Technologies Program.
Last Modified: October 23, 2006.
Southern Methodist University, Geothermal Lab,
2004 Surface Heat Flow Map.
Release Date: 2004.
Idaho National Laboratory, State Geothermal Resource Maps.
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| Heating Oil Reserves (CT, NJ, RI) |
Established in July 2002 in New Haven, CT, Woodbridge, NJ, and
Providence, RI, to cushion the effects of disruptions in the supply of
home heating oil. |
U.S Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy, Petroleum Reserves.
Last Modified: October 26, 2007.
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| Kilauea East Rift Zone (HI) |
Source
of active volcanic geothermal energy, supplying approximately 20
percent of the total electricity needs of the island of Hawaii. |
State of Hawaii, Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Geothermal.
Last Modified: November 5, 2007.
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| LNG Import & Export Facilities (AK, GA, LA, MA, and MD) |
Terminals capable of liquefaction of natural gas for transport (Kenai, AK), or
receipt and regasification of LNG for use as natural gas
(GA - Elba Island; LA - Cameron, Lake Charles, Gulf Gateway Deepwater Port, and
Sabine Pass; MA - Everett, Neptune, and Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge;
MD - Cove Point; TX - Freeport and Golden Pass).
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Energy Information Administration, Geographic Information System (GasTran).
Last Modified: October 2006. Unpublished.
Energy Information Administration,
U.S. LNG Markets and Uses: June 2004 Update.
Release Date: June 2004.
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| Louisiana Offshore Oil Port |
An offshore port that is the only U.S. port capable of offloading deep draft
tankers known as Ultra Large Crude Carriers (ULCC) and Very Large Crude
Carriers (VLCC).
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LOOP LLC company website.
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, LOOP Program.
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| National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska |
A
23-million-acre area located on the North Slope of Alaska, which the
U.S. Geological Survey estimates has between 5.9 and 13.2 billion
barrels of technically recoverable oil. |
U.S. Department Of Interior, Fact
Sheet: Northwest National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Integrated Activity
Plan, Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision.
Bureau of Land Management, Map 1. Northeast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Amendment, Record of Decision.
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| Natural Gas Market Centers and Hubs |
A hub is a physical transfer point for natural gas where several pipelines
are connected. A market center is a hub where the operator offers services that
facilitate the buying, selling, and transportation of natural gas.
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Energy Information Administration, Geographic Information System (GasTran).
Last Modified: October 2006. Unpublished.
Energy Information Administration,
Natural Gas Market Centers and Hubs: A 2003 Update.
Last Modified: December 4, 2003.
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| Natural Gas Flow |
Natural gas transportation routes that have a capacity of more than 100 million
cubic feet per day. Capacities determined at State borders. Note:
Arrows indicate the net direction of gas flow.
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Energy Information Administration, Geographic Information System (GasTran).
Last Modified: October 2006. Unpublished. |
| Oil & Gas Active Leases (AL, FL, LA, MS, TX) |
Boundary of active Federal oil and gas leases.
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U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico Region.
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| Oil Refineries |
All operable petroleum refineries as of January 1, 2007.
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Energy Information Administration,
Capacity of Operable Petroleum Refineries by States as of January 1, 2007 (Table 3).
Release Date: June 29, 2007.
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| Oil Seaport/Oil Import Sites |
All ports of entry for crude oil and petroleum products that showed activity
from January through December 2006 of at least 10,000 barrels per day.
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Energy Information Administration,
Company Level Imports.
Data for 2006.
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| Propane Supply Hubs (KS, MS, TX) |
Hubs in Kansas (Conway), Mississippi (Hattiesburg), and Texas (Mont Belvieu).
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Energy Information Administration,
An Analysis of U.S. Propane Markets Winter 1996-97
(PDF).
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| Solar Energy Potential |
Monthly average daily total solar resource available to a flat plate collector,
such as a photovoltaic panel, oriented due south at an angle from horizontal
equal to latitude of the collector location, of 6 kilowatthours per square
meter per day or greater.
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U.S. Department of Energy,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Last Modified: April 25, 2007.
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| State Capitals |
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MapInfo Corporation.
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| Strategic Petroleum Reserve (LA, MS and TX) |
The largest stockpile of government-owned emergency crude oil in the world,
established in Bayou Choctaw and West Hackenberry, LA, and in Big Hill and Bryan Mound, TX
to protect against disruptions in U.S. commercial oil supplies.
A new site in Richton, MS has been selected to increase capacity. |
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy, Petroleum Reserves.
Last Modified: October 26, 2007.
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| Synthetic Natural Gas Plants (HI and ND) |
Plants
that manufacture a product, chemically similar in most respects to
natural gas, resulting from the conversion or reforming of
hydrocarbons, that may easily be substituted for or interchanged with
pipeline-quality natural gas. |
Energy Information Administration,
EIA-176 Query System.
Data for 2005. Release Date: October 31, 2007.
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| Trans-Alaska Pipeline System |
The
largest-capacity crude oil pipeline in the United States, transporting
crude oil from Alaska's North Slope to the warm-water Port of Valdez,
on Alaska’s southern coast. |
U.S. Department of Transportation, National Pipeline Mapping System.
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| Wind Energy Potential |
Areas with wind resources of Wind Power Class 4 or greater, which are suitable
for most utility-scale wind turbine applications.
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U.S. Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Last Modified: April 25, 2007.
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