Komodo Site Survey: 2016 North Sea Oil and Gas Exploration Data

A March 2016 site survey for oil and gas exploration drilling in UK block 38/2, acquired under licence P2050. The survey includes environmental, debris clearance, and drilling hazard data for operations involving semi-sub and jack-up rigs. The dataset is provided by the British Geological Survey and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Assess drilling hazards based on site survey data mentioned in the description
• Model environmental impact for offshore exploration based on survey scope
• Plan rig placement and operations based on debris clearance and hazard information
• Analyze historical exploration activity in UK North Sea block 38/2

Strengths

• Survey conducted in March 2016, providing a specific temporal snapshot
• Covers multiple survey aspects: environmental, debris clearance, and drilling hazards
• Geographic scope is precisely defined as UK block 38/2

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single 2016 survey

Provenance

Source

British Geological Survey (BGS)

Collection Method

Acquired as an industry exploration site survey under licence P2050

Time Range

March 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 08:27:13.386040; freshness should be verified

Geography

UK North Sea, block 38/2