Historic shapefiles depict oil and gas infrastructure throughout the Middle East. They include polygons of major concession holders, oilfield boundaries, wells, pipelines, and refineries. The dataset was authored by Nejjar, Sawsene and last updated on 2025-10-14.
Use Cases
- Map historical concession boundaries based on polygon data mentioned in the description
- Analyze pipeline network development based on existing and under-construction line data
- Study the distribution of oil, gas, and abandoned wells based on point data
- Visualize the relationship between refineries and oilfield boundaries based on the described features
Strengths
- Includes multiple infrastructure types: concession polygons, oilfield boundaries, wells, pipelines, and refineries.
- Last updated on 2025-10-14, indicating recent metadata maintenance.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Historic shapefiles
- Time Range
- 1967
- Freshness
- Last updated 2025-10-14 16:50:22
- Geography
- Middle East