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The division of Short Term Statistics, Department of Business Statistics
Henriette Erichsen
+45 3917 3039

hee@dst.dk

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Transport by pipeline

These statistics provides annual estimates of transport in 1,000 tonnes and million tonne-kilometers in pipelines by product, including including natural gas and natural gas exported, as well as crude oil incl. and excl. water.

Data description

The statistics shows the development in transport of oil and natural gas in pipelines in the overall distribution network in Denmark as well as investments in infrastructure.

Information is collected from the enterprises operating the Danish pipelines, primarily from the Danish oil and gas fields in the North sea to either Danish mainland or abroad. The main variables are the transported amount of oil and gas and the length of and investments in the network.

Classification system

Not relevant

Sector coverage

Transport

Statistical concepts and definitions

Pipelines: Pipelines are transportation oil and gas pipelines designed to bring product from platforms to processing plants on land or between countries. The pipelines are designed to withstand a pressure of at least 80 bar.

Tonnekilometre: Unit of measure representing transport of one tonne of goods by pipeline over one kilometre

Statistical unit

Companies transporting oil and gas in the Danish network of oil and gas pipelines

Statistical population

Enterprises with transactions in the Danish oil and gas network.

Reference area

The Danish exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

Time coverage

1982-

Base period

Investments in pipelines in deflated to 2015-prices based on the producer price indices for road construction.

Unit of measure

The units of measure used are

  • amounts measured in metric tonnes
  • transport performance measured in million tonnes-kilometres

Reference period

Transport in pipeline is annually.

The length of the pipeline network refers to 31 December.

Frequency of dissemination

Annually.

Legal acts and other agreements

The Act on Statistics Denmark (Lov om Danmarks Statistik), Section 8, cf. Order no. 610 of 30 May 2018.

The data collection is not based on an EU legislation.

Cost and burden

Response burden has not been calculated but is considered Insignificant.

Comment

The statistics has a theme page on transport by pipeline as well as a theme page on pipeline infrastructure.