NSTA Northern North Sea and East Shetland Platform Regional Geological Maps

Northern North Sea and East Shetland Platform regional geological maps published by the North Sea Transition Authority. The maps represent the third set of deliverables from a 3-year contract with Lloyd's Register to produce maps and databases for the UK Continental Shelf. The project includes depth structure, isochore, facies, and hydrocarbon occurrence maps for main geological intervals like the Paleocene and Upper Jurassic.

Use Cases

• Modeling subsurface depth structure based on depth structure maps mentioned in the description
• Analyzing sediment distribution and reservoir potential based on depositional facies and reservoir distribution maps
• Mapping hydrocarbon occurrences and source rock distribution for exploration based on hydrocarbon occurrence and source rock maps
• Studying geological structure and stratigraphy based on structural elements and subcrop/supercrop maps

Strengths

• Maps are part of a systematic 3-year project covering the entire UK Continental Shelf
• Includes multiple map products per time interval, such as depth structure and isochore maps
• Project benefited from multiple third-party data sources including the 21CXRM Palaeozoic project and PGS's North Sea Digital Atlas

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Interpretation and mapping project using public domain and third-party data sources

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-18 11:13:11.382788; freshness should be verified

Geography

Northern North Sea and East Shetland Platform, UK Continental Shelf