OGA Licensed Blocks: UK Onshore and Offshore Petroleum Licence Boundaries

OGA Licensed Blocks WGS84 contains the boundaries for petroleum licences in the United Kingdom, covering both onshore and offshore areas. The data originates from the North Sea Transition Authority's Petroleum E-business, Assignment and Relinquishment System (PEARS). The dataset was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Mapping petroleum licence areas based on the described licence boundaries.
• Analyzing the spatial distribution of UK oil and gas exploration rights based on the described onshore and offshore coverage.
• Integrating licence data with other geospatial layers for energy infrastructure planning based on the described boundary data.

Strengths

• Data is sourced directly from the authoritative UK regulator's operational system (PEARS).
• Covers both onshore and offshore UK areas as stated in the description.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON, KML, and ESRI REST services.

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 (formerly Oil and Gas Authority)

Collection Method

Taken directly from the Petroleum E-business, Assignment and Relinquishment System (PEARS).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:23.371690; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom (onshore and offshore)