Petroleum Energy Infrastructure and Resources Interactive Map

• This interactive map from the United States Energy Information Administration features petroleum energy infrastructure and resources in the United States. 
• Students can interact with different categories including power plants, oil and gas refining and processing, market/trading hubs, pipelines and transmissions, transport storage, oil and gas wells and platforms, and fossil resources. 

Positives

• The legend and information presented are simple to understand.
• Clicking on the power plants on the map will provide detailed information, including a link to a graph of the plant's fuel generation over time. 

Additional Prerequisites

• The map can be overwhelming if all the layers are viewed at once, so students can toggle items off using the legend on the right.
• There are two different base maps (road map and satellite) that can be changed by clicking on the bottom-right corner of the map.
• Students can capture images using the icon on the bottom-left corner.

Differentiation

• Students can select "View Full Details" for a summary of the map's information.
• Students can zoom in and focus on their specific state or region.
• Other related resources from the U.S. Energy Information Administration include Electricity Energy Infrastructure and Resources Interactive Map and Natural Gas Energy Infrastructure and Resources Interactive Map.
• Other resources about petroleum include Earth's Energy Resources: Oil Energy, Share of Primary Energy from Oil,  Oil Production, Annual CO2 Emissions from Oil, and Is There a Future in Oil?