NSTA and Lloyd's Register West of Shetland and Rockall Regional Geological Maps

The NSTA and Lloyd's Register West of Shetland and Rockall Regional Geological Maps are a set of regional geological maps for the West of Shetland and West of Hebrides areas. They represent the seventh set of deliverables from a three-year contract to produce maps and associated databases for the whole of the UK Continental Shelf. The project benefited from third-party data sources including seismic interpretation from Aberdeen University, CGG's Target database, and products from the BGS Offshore Geoindex.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional geological structures for resource exploration based on interpreted seismic and well data mentioned in the description
• Integrate third-party geological data sources like the BGS Offshore Geoindex for comprehensive basin studies
• Produce derivative maps and models for the UK Continental Shelf based on the regional geological framework

Strengths

• Part of a systematic three-year contract to map the entire UK Continental Shelf
• Integrates multiple authoritative third-party data sources including Aberdeen University seismic interpretation and BGS data

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Last updated 2026-06-18 11:13:06.526252; freshness should be verified

Provenance

Source

North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) and Lloyd's Register

Collection Method

Produced under a contract, integrating proprietary work and third-party data sources including seismic interpretation and well data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-18 11:13:06.526252

Geography

West of Shetland and West of Hebrides (Rockall area), UK Continental Shelf