Key:substance

substance
Description
Substances transported in pipelines
Group: Pipeline
Used on these elements
Useful combination
man_made=pipeline pipeline=marker
See also
content=*
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This tag is used to describe the substance transported in pipelines or processed in related facilities.

Key	Value	Description
substance	water	water, additionally see drinking_water=*
	rainwater	water from rainfall et. al., not polluted
	sewage	sewage
	gas	natural gas
	lng	liquified natural gas
	cng	compressed natural gas
	oil	unrefined petroleum, as pumped out of the ground
	multiphase	combination of gas, oil and water; usually in pipelines running from the wellhead to the processing facility
	hydrogen	hydrogen
	butane	butane
	propane	propane
	methane	methane
	propylene	propylene
	ethylene	ethylene
	ammonia	ammonia
	kerosene	kerosene
	hydrocarbons	hydrocarbons, a generic tag that can be used if the exact substance in the pipeline is not known
	chemicals	a generic tag that can be used if the specific chemical in the pipeline is not known
	fuel	fuel of any type. Use fuel=* for a more detailed definition.
	cable	Consider using power=cable or communication=line.
	heat	heat is not a substance but a kind of energy and requires a medium to be transferred/stored. Consider using hot_water, steam. See heat distribution network pipelines.
	slurry	fluid mixture of a pulverized solid with a liquid, for easy transport

If the medium of a pipeline you are tagging is not listed here, please choose a meaningful value at your own discretion.

See also

• content=*
• resource=*

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• substance=natural_gas

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• type=gas

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• type=natural_gas

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• type=oil

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• type=water

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• type=heat

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