OGA Onshore Zipped Shapefiles BNG: UK Offshore Energy Infrastructure

A collection of regularly updated geospatial shapefiles for offshore energy infrastructure, maintained by the North Sea Transition Authority. The data is licensed under OGL-UK-3.0 and was last updated on 2026-07-08. The zipped file excludes shapefiles associated with specific licensing rounds.

Use Cases

• Mapping offshore energy infrastructure locations based on the shapefile format.
• Analyzing spatial distribution of energy assets based on the regularly updated nature of the data.
• Integrating offshore infrastructure data into GIS systems based on the provided geospatial format.

Strengths

• Data is regularly updated, as indicated in the description.
• Data is provided by the authoritative North Sea Transition Authority.
• The license (OGL-UK-3.0) is explicitly stated, clarifying permissible 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 and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

North Sea Transition Authority

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:48.410660; freshness should be verified.

Geography

UK offshore areas