Determination of the most suitable oil pipeline route using GIS least cost path analysis


Autoria(s): Huseynli, Shahin
Contribuinte(s)

Painho, Marco Octávio Trindade

Casteleyn, Sven

Amanov, Rauf

Data(s)

25/03/2015

25/03/2015

27/02/2015

Resumo

The Keystone XL has a big role for transforming Canadian oil to the USA. The function of the pipeline is decreasing the dependency of the American oil industry on other countries and it will help to limit external debt. The proposed pipeline seeks the most suitable route which cannot damage agricultural and natural water recourses such as the Ogallala Aquifer. Using the Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques, the suggested path in this study got extremely high correct results that will help in the future to use the least cost analysis for similar studies. The route analysis contains different weighted overlay surfaces, each, was influenced by various criteria (slope, geology, population and land use). The resulted least cost path routes for each weighted overlay surface were compared with the original proposed pipeline and each displayed surface was more effective than the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/10362/14553

201406110

Idioma(s)

eng

Direitos

openAccess

Palavras-Chave #Keystone XL #Pipeline #The Ogallala Aquifer #GIS #Least Cost analysis #Nebraska #Oil
Tipo

masterThesis