What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| inventory & supply chain | Storage facility operators, TSOs/ISOs, EIA weekly storage report, GIE AGSI+ for Europe | Per storage facility, daily/weekly stock levels | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | Licensing authorities and mineral/land registries (BOEM, state commissions, NSTA, Norwegian Offshore Directorate), lease/title data vendors… | Per licence/block/lease/well permit, event-based | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistics offices, operators' HR, offshore workforce registries (e.g. Vantage POB in UK/Norway), industry associations | Aggregate by region/company; per-person offshore rotation internally | public |
| financial filings | Listed E&P companies (SEC 10-K with SEC reserves disclosures, annual reports), national oil companies, EITI reporting | Quarterly/annual per company; per-country payments | public |
| incident/safety/claims | Safety regulators (BSEE, HSE UK, PSA Norway), operators' HSE departments, insurers/brokers | Per incident report; per facility annual safety statistics | public |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Pipeline and LNG terminal capacity booking platforms (PRISMA in Europe, EDI/EBB in US), storage capacity auctions | Per capacity product/auction, per entry-exit point daily | public |
| waste & emissions | Operators' reporting to regulators (US EPA GHGRP, EU ETS, flaring/venting returns to NSTA/NOD), methane monitoring initiatives (OGMP 2.0… | Per facility/well pad, annual; satellite plume detections per overpass | public |
| production output | Field operators; national regulators (e.g. US EIA/state oil & gas commissions, UK NSTA, Norwegian Offshore Directorate, Dutch NLOG)… | Per well or per field, monthly (daily internally) | public |
| pricing | Hub/exchange operators (Henry Hub/NYMEX, ICE TTF), price reporting agencies (Platts, Argus, ICIS), transmission system operators | Per trade / daily and intraday hub settlement | purchasable |
| geospatial/movement | Seismic survey contractors (TGS, PGS, CGG), national data repositories (NLOG, NDR UK, Diskos Norway), GIS teams | Per survey line/3D volume; per well trajectory and log depth interval | purchasable |
| logistics & freight movement | Pipeline operators (nomination/flow bulletin boards), LNG terminal operators, AIS vessel trackers (Kpler, Vortexa, MarineTraffic) | Per pipeline point daily; per LNG cargo/voyage | purchasable |
| weather-dependent metrics | Meteorological agencies (NOAA, ECMWF), commercial forecasters (DTN, Vaisala), gas demand analysts using heating degree days | Hourly/daily by grid cell or market region | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | Producers and marketing arms, pipeline shippers, gas exchange/clearing platforms; long-term supply contracts | Per contract / per nomination, daily volumes | partnership |
| energy consumption | Operators (fuel gas and power use at processing plants and compressor stations), grid operators serving fields, regulators via emissions… | Per facility, monthly/annual | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Operators and independent labs; gas quality/chromatograph data at custody transfer points; reserve auditors (NSAI, DeGolyer & MacNaughton) | Per sample / per metering point, continuous to monthly | partnership |
| sensor/IoT | Operators' SCADA systems, wellhead and compressor OEMs (Baker Hughes, SLB, Emerson), field service providers | Per sensor, seconds-to-minutes, per well/compressor/platform | exclusive |
| maintenance & asset condition | Operators' CMMS (SAP PM, Maximo), inspection contractors (DNV, Bureau Veritas), compressor and turbine OEM service records | Per asset/work order, event-based | exclusive |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.