Northern North Sea and East Shetland Platform Geological Maps for Hydrocarbon Exploration

A 2018/19 project by the North Sea Transition Authority produced regional geological maps for the Northern North Sea and East Shetland Platform. The maps cover main geological time intervals like Paleocene and Upper Jurassic, and include products such as depth structure, isochore, and hydrocarbon occurrence maps. This is the third set of deliverables from a three-year contract with Lloyd's Register, following earlier releases for the Central and Southern North Sea.

Use Cases

• Analyze subsurface structure based on depth structure and structural elements maps.
• Model reservoir distribution based on reservoir distribution and depositional facies maps.
• Assess hydrocarbon potential based on source rock and hydrocarbon occurrence maps.
• Plan well placement based on well penetration and subcrop/supercrop maps.
• Calculate sediment thickness and basin evolution based on isochore maps.

Strengths

• Maps are produced for nine distinct geological products per time interval, including depth structure and reservoir distribution.
• Project benefited from multiple third-party data sources, including the 21CXRM Palaeozoic project and PGS's North Sea Digital Atlas.
• Data is released as public domain, facilitating open access for research and commercial use.

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

Collection Method

Produced under a contract with Lloyd's Register, incorporating third-party data from projects like 21CXRM Palaeozoic and PGS.

Time Range

Project published as part of the 2018/19 Activity Plan; maps cover geological time intervals.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-18 11:13:44.203272; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern North Sea and East Shetland Platform regions of the UK Continental Shelf.