SciGRID_gas: The raw INET data set

The goal of SciGRID_gas is to develop methods to create an automated process that can generate a gas transmission network data set for Europe. Gas transmission networks are fundamental for simulations by the gas transmission modelling community, to derive major dynamic characteristics. Such simulations have a large scope of application, for example, they can be used to perform case scenarios, to model the gas consumption, to minimize leakages and to optimize overall gas distribution strategies. The focus of SciGRID_gas will be on the European transmission gas network, but the principal methods will also be applicable to other geographic regions. Data required for such models are the gas facilities, such as compressor stations, LNG terminals, pipelines, etc. One needs to know their locations, in addition to a large range of attributes, such as pipeline diameter and capacity, compressor capacity, configuration, etc. Most of this data is not freely available. However throughout the SciGRID_gas project it was determined, that data can be found and grouped into two fundamental different groups: a) OSM data, and b) non-OSM data. The OSM data consists of geo-referenced facility data that is stored in the OpenStreetMap (OSM) data base, and is freely available. However, the OSM data set currently contains hardly any other information than the location of the facilities. The Non-OSM data set can fill some of those gaps, by supplying information such as pipeline diameter, compressor capacity and more. Part of the SciGRID_gas project is to mine and collate such data, and combine it with the OSM data set. In addition heuristic tools are required to fill data gaps, so that a complete gas network data set can be generated. This document here describes the so called “InternetData” data set (INET), which is one of the fundamental building blocks of the SciGRID_gas project. The INET data set is the first data set to be published as part of the SciGRID_gas project. This document explains the origin and structure of the data set. In this document, the chapter “Introduction” will supply some background information on the SciGRID_gas project, followed by the chapter “Data structure”, which gives a detailed description of the data structure that is being used in the SciGRID_gas project. Chapter “Data sources” describes the INET data sets.