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  1. U.S. Gulf of Mexico Pipeline and Reported Incident Datasets

    The U.S. Gulf of Mexico Pipeline and Reported Incident Datasets provide a compilation of data from regulatory agencies, credible metocean models, and more in one resource. This multivariate spatial resource includes more than 80,000 points along existing and abandoned pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico with matched incidents based on similar lease blocks and temporal timelines (e.g., the incident date occurs within reported pipeline lifespan), structural characteristics, geologic and seafloor data, and environmental loading and biochemical statistics spatially and temporally matched to each point. This is provided as both a feature class in a file geodatabase, as well as amore » CSV file for ease of use. The pipeline incidents table is a CSV file containing more than 900 reported incidents from 1986 to 2021, including incident date, area (Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lease block and area code), reported causes, incident information, and results (i.e., cost, repairs, inspections), along with quantitative severity metrics. Field dictionaries are included for both the pipeline locations and incidents datasets, which detail field definitions. The pipeline locations field dictionary includes original resource reference information. All pipeline incident data came from a compilation of reports from both the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration..« less

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