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This tag is used to describe the substance transported in pipelines or processed in related facilities.
Common values
| Value
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Description
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Tag usage
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| oil
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Crude oil, as pumped out of the ground
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| fuel
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Refined petroleum products. Most of those pipelines are switched between multiple substances, like gasoline, diesel, heating oil or others.
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| gas
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Natural gas
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| water
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Fresh water, additionally see drinking_water=*
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| rainwater
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Water from rainfall, in a separate system from sewage.
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| sewage
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Sewage, including water in combined sewage systems.
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| hot_water
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Hot water
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| lpg
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Liquefied petroleum gas, a propane/butane mixture
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| lng
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Liquefied natural gas, cooled and not pressurized
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| hydrogen
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Hydrogen - Mainly used as a chemical feedstock
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| ethane
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Ethane - Natural gas liquid, ethylene feedstock
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| butane
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Butane
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| propane
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Propane - used as chemical feedstock and for heating
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| propylene - chemical feedstock to produce plastic
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Propylene
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| ethylene - chemical feedstock to produce plastic
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Ethylene
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| nitrogen
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Nitrogen
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| benzene
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Benzene
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| ngl
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Natural gas liquid purity products
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| y-grade
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Mixed NGLs, output of natural gas processing plants which has to be fractionated into NGL purity products (such as ethane, butane, propane etc)
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| carbon_dioxide
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Carbon dioxide - Often injected into oilfields for increased production
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| carbon_monoxide
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Carbon monoxide
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| cyclohexane
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Cyclohexane
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| isobutane
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Isobutane
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| isobutylene
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Isobutylene
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| butadiene
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Butadiene
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| naphtha
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Naphtha
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| methanol
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Methanol
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| acetone
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Acetone
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| chemicals
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A generic tag that can be used if the specific chemical in the pipeline is not known.
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| slurry
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Fluid mixture of a pulverized solid with a liquid, for easy transport
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If the medium of a pipeline you are tagging is not listed here, please choose a meaningful value at your own discretion.
Possible tagging mistakes
See also
- content=* – To describe the contents of a feature used to store materials
- resource=* – Indicates the resource or mineral commodity related to a feature
- utility=* – Specifies the type of utility infrastructure which a feature represents
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