Dataset Identified

Inventory of Aboveground Petrochemical Storage Tanks in Houston Ship Channel, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Identified On: Dec 14 2023 17:14 UTC
UDI: A1.x092.000:0002
Project Information

Funded By:
National Academies of Sciences Gulf Research Program

Funding Cycle:
Climate Environmental Health Modeling (CEHM)

Research Group:
Assessing the public health risk due to tropical cyclone impacts on petrochemical facilities

Point of Contact

Boniface Fosu
Mississippi State University
bof20@msstate.edu

Abstract:

The database will catalog locations and gross geometric details of aboveground petrochemical storage tanks in the Houston Ship Channel, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It will be constructed with GeoPackage for compatibility with ArcMap and QGIS and encompass tanks through 2026.