30th Round Provisional Awards Map: Central North Sea (North Section)

North Sea Transition Authority's provisional awards map for the 30th UK offshore oil and gas licensing round. This geospatial dataset covers the northern section of the Central North Sea, indicating areas provisionally offered for exploration. The data was last updated on 2026-06-18.

Use Cases

• Analyze provisional license block allocation based on the described map data.
• Study the spatial distribution of potential oil and gas exploration areas in the Central North Sea.
• Monitor changes in UK offshore energy policy based on licensing round information.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative UK regulator, the North Sea Transition Authority.
• Specific geographic focus on the northern section of the Central North Sea.

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 is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

North Sea Transition Authority

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-18 11:13:33.265683; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Central North Sea (north section), United Kingdom