Oil and Gas Infrastructure Mapping (OGIM) database¶

The Oil and Gas Infrastructure Mapping (OGIM) dataset, available in the Awesome Google Earth Engine (GEE) Community Catalog, is a comprehensive global repository of spatially explicit information on oil and gas infrastructure. Developed by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) (www.edf.org) and MethaneSAT, LLC (www.methanesat.org), a wholly owned subsidiary of EDF, the OGIM database is meticulously curated to facilitate the quantification and characterization of methane emissions from oil and gas sources.

This dataset is a result of extensive efforts at EDF and MethaneSAT, involving the acquisition, analysis, curation, integration, and quality assurance of public-domain datasets sourced from official government reports, industry publications, academic studies, and various non-government entities. The primary objective of the OGIM database is to provide valuable support for research and analysis related to oil and gas methane emissions. The dataset spans across the globe, offering a comprehensive view of oil and gas infrastructure. It provides detailed information on the locations and attributes of various oil and gas infrastructure types known to be significant sources of methane emissions. This includes data on oil and gas production wells, offshore production platforms, natural gas compressor stations, processing facilities, liquefied natural gas facilities, crude oil refineries, pipelines, and more.

OGIM v2.7 includes approximately 6.7 million features, including 4.5 million point locations of oil and gas wells and over 1.2 million kilometers of oil and gas pipelines. The database is based on public-domain datasets reported in February 2025 or prior. Each record in OGIM indicates a date (SRC_DATE) when the original source of the record was published or last updated. Some records may contain out-of-date information, for example, if a facility's status has changed since the last data source update. The database is updated on a regular cadence with new public domain datasets as they become available.

You can read more about the OGIM dataset here and you can find the dataset here.

Citation¶

Omara, Mark, Ritesh Gautam, Madeleine O'Brien, Anthony Himmelberger, Alex Franco, Kelsey Meisenhelder, Grace Hauser et al.
"Developing a spatially explicit global oil and gas infrastructure database for characterizing methane emission sources at
high resolution." Earth System Science Data Discussions 2023 (2023): 1-35.

Dataset citation¶

O'Brien, M., Omara, M., Himmelberger, A., & Gautam, R. (2025). Oil and Gas Infrastructure Mapping (OGIM) database (OGIM_v2.7) [Data set].
Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15103476

OGIM Layer Descriptors¶

Earth Engine Snippet¶

var crude_oil_refineries = ee.FeatureCollection("projects/sat-io/open-datasets/OGIM/crude_oil_refineries");
var equipment_and_components = ee.FeatureCollection("projects/sat-io/open-datasets/OGIM/equipment_and_components");
var gathering_and_processing = ee.FeatureCollection("projects/sat-io/open-datasets/OGIM/gathering_and_processing");
var injection_disposal_and_underground_storage = ee.FeatureCollection("projects/sat-io/open-datasets/OGIM/injection_and_disposal");
var lng_facilities = ee.FeatureCollection("projects/sat-io/open-datasets/OGIM/lng_facilities");
var natural_gas_compressor_stations = ee.FeatureCollection("projects/sat-io/open-datasets/OGIM/natural_gas_compressor_stations");
var natural_gas_flaring_detections = ee.FeatureCollection("projects/sat-io/open-datasets/OGIM/natural_gas_flaring_detections");
var offshore_platforms = ee.FeatureCollection("projects/sat-io/open-datasets/OGIM/offshore_platforms")
var oil_and_natural_gas_basins = ee.FeatureCollection("projects/sat-io/open-datasets/OGIM/oil_and_natural_gas_basins")
var oil_and_natural_gas_fields = ee.FeatureCollection("projects/sat-io/open-datasets/OGIM/oil_and_natural_gas_fields")
var oil_and_natural_gas_license_blocks = ee.FeatureCollection("projects/sat-io/open-datasets/OGIM/oil_and_natural_gas_license_blocks")
var oil_and_natural_gas_pipelines = ee.FeatureCollection("projects/sat-io/open-datasets/OGIM/oil_and_natural_gas_pipelines");
var oil_and_natural_gas_wells = ee.FeatureCollection("projects/sat-io/open-datasets/OGIM/oil_and_natural_gas_wells");
var petroleum_terminals = ee.FeatureCollection("projects/sat-io/open-datasets/OGIM/petroleum_terminals");
var stations_other = ee.FeatureCollection("projects/sat-io/open-datasets/OGIM/stations_other");
var tank_battery = ee.FeatureCollection("projects/sat-io/open-datasets/OGIM/tank_battery");

Sample code: https://code.earthengine.google.com/?scriptPath=users/sat-io/awesome-gee-catalog-examples:global-utilities-assets-amenities/OGIM

License¶

These datasets are provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License, unless otherwise noted.

Created by: Omara et al

Curated in GEE by: Samapriya Roy

Keywords: OGIM dataset, Methane emissions, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), MethaneSAT, infrastructure types, oil and gas wells, offshore platforms, Compressor stations, Liquefied natural gas facilities, Crude oil refineries

Last updated: 2025-09-08

Version History¶

v2.7 Changes:

• Updated to approximately 6.7 million features (increased from ~6 million in v1)
• Expanded to 4.5 million point locations of oil and gas wells (increased from 2.6 million in v1)
• Increased pipeline coverage to over 1.2 million kilometers (expanded from 2.6×10⁶ km in v1)
• Added new feature collections: oil and natural gas basins, fields, and license blocks (polygon data)
• Renamed "injection_disposal_and_underground_storage" to "injection_and_disposal"
• Removed separate "oil_and_natural_gas_production" layer (production data now integrated into wells layer)
• Updated Earth Engine asset paths to OGIM_STAGING directory structure
• Based on public-domain datasets reported through February 2025
• Continues regular database updates with new public domain datasets as they become available

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