Offshore Wells (ETRS89): Wellbore Locations and Paths for UK Drilling

UK offshore wellbore data, including well origin and bottom hole locations, collected by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) after a well is spudded. The dataset is provided by the Government Digital Service and was last updated on 2025-07-28. Data requirements are set out in statutory documents like Petroleum Operations Notice (PON) 9.

Use Cases

• Map offshore drilling infrastructure based on well origin and bottom hole location coordinates.
• Analyze the spatial distribution of oil and gas exploration activities based on the geospatial well data.
• Model subsurface wellbore paths for engineering and planning purposes using the described top hole to bottom hole connections.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from official regulatory submissions to the NSTA, suggesting authoritative collection.
• Includes multiple geospatial file formats (KML, GEOJSON, CSV) for flexibility in analysis.
• Last update was 2025-07-28, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Collected via statutory notifications submitted by operators after a well is spudded.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2025-07-28 10:33:33; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom offshore areas.