Glengorm Site Survey: 2016 North Sea Exploration Data

June 2016 site survey for oil and gas exploration in UK North Sea blocks 22/21 and 22/26. The data was acquired under licence P2215 by Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd and includes environmental and drilling hazard assessments. It is hosted by the British Geological Survey and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Identify drilling hazards based on site survey data.
• Assess environmental conditions for offshore energy exploration.
• Plan debris clearance operations based on survey findings.
• Evaluate seabed conditions for rig placement (jack-up or semi-sub).

Strengths

• Specific temporal coverage for June 2016.
• Clear geographic scope defined by UK North Sea blocks 22/21 and 22/26.
• Data originates from a known industry operator (Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd) and a national geological survey (BGS).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

British Geological Survey (BGS)

Collection Method

Acquired under licence P2215 as an industry exploration site survey.

Time Range

June 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 08:30:25.091859; freshness should be verified.

Geography

UK North Sea, blocks 22/21 and 22/26