Monthly Oil and Other Liquid Petroleum Products Pipeline Survey (MOPS)

Pipeline transported liquid hydrocarbon of economy, distance

Pipeline transported liquid hydrocarbon refers to liquid hydrocarbon being conveyed through lines of pipes with pump and valves. This is used for the transport of natural gas, crude oil and other products.

Economy refers to the entire set of resident institutional units. It is divided into sectors that consists of groups of resident institutional units. An institutional unit is resident in a country when it has a centre of economic interest in the economic territory of that country. It is said to have a centre of economic interest when there exists some location - dwelling, place of production or other premises - within the economic territory on, or from, which it engages, and intends to continue to engage, in economic activities and transactions on a significant scale either indefinitely or over a finite period of time.

The data for this variable are reported using the following measurements:

• Kilometer per cubic meter
• Kilometer per tonne