32nd Round Provisional Award Map (NNS): UK Offshore Petroleum Licensing

32nd Round Provisional Award Map (NNS) is a geospatial dataset detailing the provisional awards for the UK's 32nd Offshore Petroleum Licensing Round in the Northern North Sea. The map, associated with the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), provides a quadrant-based view of areas under consideration for oil and gas exploration licenses. Its cross-platform presence on UK and EU open data portals signals its regulatory importance.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the spatial distribution of provisional license awards (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Supporting regulatory compliance and environmental impact assessments for energy projects (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Integrating licensing data with other geospatial layers for energy sector planning (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Cross-platform presence on UK and EU open data portals indicates recognized importance
• Associated with the authoritative regulatory body NSTA (North Sea Transition Authority)

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download
• Key technical details like row count, column names, and specific license terms are unknown
• Conflicting 'last updated' dates (2026-06-18 and 2024-01-25) create uncertainty about data freshness

Provenance

Source

North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), via Government Digital Service (UK)

Freshness

Last updated dates conflict: 2026-06-18 11:13:02.257561 and 2024-01-25 14:00:20.

Geography

Northern North Sea (NNS), United Kingdom