SEA6 Technical Report: Socio-economic Impacts of Irish Sea Oil and Gas Licensing

A 2005 government report assessing potential socio-economic implications of oil and gas licensing in the SEA6 area of the Irish Sea. The Department of Trade and Industry (now DECC) provided scenarios which were used to forecast production, reserves, expenditure, employment, and tax revenues. The report also discusses impacts on existing facilities and potential social effects.

Use Cases

• Analyzing socio-economic forecasting methodologies based on optimistic and pessimistic development scenarios.
• Studying the relationship between offshore licensing and regional employment/tax revenue based on the report's forecasts.
• Assessing potential social impacts of industrial development on coastal communities as discussed in the document.

Strengths

• Report is part of a formal UK government Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA6) process.
• Analysis is based on specific development scenarios provided by the Department of Trade and Industry.
• Forecasts cover multiple socio-economic dimensions: production, reserves, expenditure, employment, and tax revenues.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Department of Trade and Industry (now Department of Energy and Climate Change), via the Government Digital Service.

Collection Method

Scenario-based analysis and forecasting for a Strategic Environmental Assessment.

Time Range

2005

Freshness

Report is from 2005; data is historical.

Geography

SEA6 area, Irish Sea