EMODnet Human Activities, Pipelines

The dataset on offshore pipelines in the European seas was created in 2017 by Cogea for the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet). It is the result of the aggregation and harmonization of datasets provided by several several EU and non-EU sources. It is updated every year, and is available for viewing and download on the EMODnet web portal (Human Activities, https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities). The dataset contains lines representing the actual routes of offshore pipelines (where available) in the following countries: Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain (Andalucía), Sweden and United Kingdom. Each line has the following harmonized attributes (where available): code, name, status (abandoned, active, application submitted, not in use, planned, pre-commissioning, proposed, under construction), medium (air, chemical glycol, chemical methanol, chemical n/a, condensate, control, cooling water, gas, geothermal heating, hydraulic, mixed hydrocarbons, oil, other fluid, sewage, water), operator, size (inches), length (metres), year, from and to locality or facility, country code, country name and notes. Compared with the previous version, this new version includes updated data from German BSH-CONTIS source.

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Date (Publication)
2018-01-21
Date (Revision)
2023-07-05
Date (Creation)
2017-12-20
Citation identifier
EMODnet_HA_Pipelines_20230705
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Cogea Srl

[email protected]

Author

Nord Stream 2

[email protected]

[email protected]

Resource provider

HELCOM

[email protected]

Resource provider

Ireland - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment - Petroleum Affairs Division

[email protected]

Resource provider

Croatia - Croatian Hydrocarbon Agency

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

Germany - Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

Spain - Instituto de Estadística y Cartografía de Andalucía

[email protected]

Resource provider

Norway - Oljedirektoratet

[email protected]

Resource provider

Netherlands - Rijkswaterstaat

[email protected]

[email protected]

Resource provider

United Kingdom - Oil and Gas Authority

[email protected]

Resource provider

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Utility and governmental services

INSPIRE - Feature Concept Dictionary, version 3

  • Pipe

  • Transport Network

  • Transport Object

GEMET - Groups, version 2.4

  • EFFECTS, IMPACTS

  • TRAFFIC, TRANSPORTATION

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

  • energy

SeaDataNet Parameter Disciplines

  • Pipelines
Denominator
100000
Language
English
Topic category
  • Utilities communication
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No limitations on public access
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Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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This data was downloaded from the EMODnet Portal ( https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/). The data originator is Cogea Srl.

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:LINK

 		https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities

EMODnet Human Activities

WWW:DOWNLOAD

 		https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/aca3dd01-77ac-47fe-8291-6ca916daaa6d/attachments/EMODnet_HA_Pipelines_20230705.zip

EMODnet_HA_Pipelines_20230705.zip

OGC:WMS

 		https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wms?

pipelines

OGC:WFS

 		https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs?

emodnet:pipelines
Distribution format
Name Version
Esri geodatabase gco:nilReason="unknown">
Esri shapefile gco:nilReason="unknown">
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2008-12-04
Explanation

See the referenced specification
Pass
Yes

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2009-12-15
Explanation

See the referenced specification
Pass
Yes
Statement

Data were retrieved from different sources. Validation and quality assurance remain up to primary data sources, while harmonization is carried out by Cogea. For further information on validation and quality assurance, it is suggested that primary data sources are contacted. Generally speaking, data are to be considered very reliable, because they come from national sources officially in charge for their collection. When a pipeline has multiple sources (e.g the pipeline crosses more countries seas), it may appear as two or more different lines which do not perfectly overlap and have different attributes. This is because it is not possible to harmonize the geometric component of the data, as each source reports a slightly different pipeline's path and there is no way to know which one is more accurate.

Metadata

File identifier
aca3dd01-77ac-47fe-8291-6ca916daaa6d XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
MD_CharacterSetCode_utf8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-09-02T07:56:30.565635Z
Metadata standard name

ISO19115
Metadata standard version

2003/Cor.1:2006
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Cogea Srl

[email protected]

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Overviews

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