Western Australian Petroleum and Gas Pipeline Polygons

Polygon data for current petroleum and gas pipelines in Western Australia, governed by the Petroleum Submerged Lands Act 1982 and Petroleum Pipelines Act 1969. The dataset is maintained by the Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety and is available in multiple geospatial formats including SHP and GeoJSON.

Use Cases

• Map pipeline corridor extents using the provided polygon geometries for infrastructure planning.
• Conduct spatial analysis of pipeline locations relative to other regulated land uses under PSLA82 and PPA69.
• Serve pipeline polygon layers via web services (WMS, WFS) for interactive mapping applications.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple standard geospatial formats (SHP, GeoJSON, Geopackage, API).
• Officially maintained by the state's energy and resources regulatory department.
• Explicitly tied to specific legislative acts (PSLA82, PPA69) for regulatory context.

Limitations

• Row count and specific attribute columns (e.g., diameter, operator, status) are not disclosed in the input.
• License is Creative Commons Non-Commercial (cc-nc), restricting commercial use.
• Spatial coordinate systems (GDA94, GDA2020) are specified, but temporal coverage or update history is not detailed.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (Western Australia).

Collection Method

Digitally maintained geospatial dataset for regulatory mapping.

Time Range

Current pipelines; specific historical range not provided.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, indicating planned future maintenance.

Geography

Western Australia, Australia.