486210 Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas

Overview

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the pipeline transportation of natural gas from processing plants to local distribution systems. This industry includes the storage of natural gas because the storage is usually done by the pipeline establishment and because a pipeline is inherently a network in which all the nodes are interdependent.

Cross-References

  • Operating oil and gas field gathering lines--are classified in Sector 21, Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction; and
  • Providing natural gas to the end consumer--are classified in Industry 221210, Natural Gas Distribution.

Index Entries

Booster pumping station, natural gas transportation
Gas, natural, pipeline operation
Natural gas pipeline transportation
Natural gas transmission (i.e., processing plants to local distribution systems)
Pipeline transportation, natural gas
Storage of natural gas
Transmission of natural gas via pipeline (i.e., processing plants to local distribution systems)