Natural gas pipeline system in the United States

Natural gas pipelines map
Natural gas pipelines map

The US natural gas pipeline system is a complex system of pipelines that carries natural gas nationwide and for import and export for use by millions of people daily for their consumer and commercial needs. Across the country, there are more than 210 pipeline systems that total more than 305,000 miles of interstate and intrastate pipelines.[1]

Of the lower 48 US states, those with the most natural gas pipeline running through them are Texas (58,588 miles), Louisiana (18,900), Oklahoma (18,539), Kansas (15,386), Illinois (11,900) and California (11,770). The states with the least natural gas pipeline are Vermont and New Hampshire.[1]

  1. ^ a b About U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines, US Energy Information Administration website, accessed September 18, 2010