Natural gas and oil pipelines spread across the United States, mostly working their way away from the Gulf and towards the rest of us. If you want to know how your gasoline gets to you, this interactive map allows you not only to see the whole country but to click on your state and get a look at the pipelines near you: www.aopl.org/major-us-pipelines/ A piece I wrote about how gasoline gets from the end of the pipeline to your gas station didn't quite make it into "On the Grid," but you can read it here. Your natural gas does much the same, and here's a page all about it maintained by the U.S. Energy Information Administration: www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/natural_gas/analysis_publications/ngpipeline/index.html The best general page I found for easy-to-follow information on oil and gas, where they come from, and how they get where they're going: www.adventuresinenergy.org. It's put out by the American Petroleum Institute, so don't expect a whole lot of the downside here -- but it's pretty straight dope about the how's. Great general tutorial on pipelines and how they work: www.pipeline101.com/index.html PSNC Energy’s safety pages: www.psncenergey.com/gassafety The Department of Energy’s natural gas basics: www.eia.doe.gov/basics/naturalgas_basics.html Wellhead to burner tip: http://www.naturalgas.org/naturalgas/naturalgas.asp Wellhead to the consumer: primis.phmsa.dot.gov/comm/NaturalGasPipelineSystems.htm?nocache=5375 History: www.naturalgas.org/overview/history.asp New technology: www.naturalgas.org/environment/technology.asp