Now more than ever, visibility and optimization of in-ground assets are vital to our industry. The rising cost of failure, the public’s focus on pipelines and the energy future, and the need for data transparency and accuracy to meet new regulations and newly regulated assets… everything is changing, so PODS is also!? 

The PODS Data Model was built for regulated pipeline and is continuously updated as new regulations are published. In fact, PHMSA is a PODS member and uses the model as a baseline for NPMS, so having your data in PODS is the easiest way for operators to submit their annual reports and NPMS uploads.? 

Our vision is to align more with the needs of operators, especially those who manage assets within various segments of the pipeline supply chain.  PODS will now offer two core data models - PODS 7 and PODS 7 with Utility Network support.  Both these core models will have the option to add to them regulatory and industry specific modules.  With PODS standardizing on the core Esri Geodatabase, operators who have implemented the Esri Utility and Pipeline Data Model (UPDM) can also leverage these industry specific modules within their implementations.