The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) is continuing to make more and more data openly available in an effort to help revitalise exploration of oil and gas in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
The latest data release follows the publication of a suite of subsurface data packages in June related to undeveloped discoveries.
The OGA has committed to making all these data openly and transparently available to help widen understanding of the basin’s subsurface and to build interest in advance of the 30th Offshore Licensing Round opening. This round will focus on the more mature areas of the UKCS – some of which were last offered for licensing more than 40 years ago – and is expected to be the most significant offshore round in recent decades.
The latest data releases include :
Gunther Newcombe , OGA’s operations director, said: “We want to help make the UK as attractive as possible to explore for oil and gas. Part of this is about making as much data as possible openly available so people can understand more about our subsurface and make well-informed decisions in advance of the 30th Offshore Licensing Round opening later.
“The delivery of the first set of regional geological maps is a key milestone in what is a three-year project to deliver a consistent set of geological maps for the whole of the UKCS.”