OGA RestrictedBlocks: UKCS Oil and Gas Activity Restrictions

OGA RestrictedBlocks ED50 is a geospatial dataset from the UK Government Digital Service detailing blocks on the UK Continental Shelf where oil and gas activity is restricted. It likely contains polygon boundaries and associated restriction information for regulatory and planning purposes. The dataset is available in multiple formats, including KML, GeoJSON, and CSV, and is published under an Open Government Licence.

Use Cases

• [Regulatory compliance checks] based on [restricted oil and gas activity areas]
• [Marine spatial planning] based on [geospatial block boundaries on the UKCS]
• [Environmental impact assessment] based on [locations of restricted hydrocarbon extraction]
• [Industry resource exploration planning] based on [delineated areas with activity limitations]

Strengths

• [Cross-platform availability] on multiple official data portals (eu_open_data, uk_data) suggests importance and reliability.
• [Specific licensing] under the Open Government Licence (OGL-UK-3.0) facilitates reuse.

Limitations

• [Incomplete metadata] as column names, row counts, and file sizes are unknown across all sources.
• [Potential data staleness] as the last confirmed update date is in the future (2026-07-08), indicating a metadata error or placeholder.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Freshness

2026-07-08 13:32:03.275976

Geography

UK Continental Shelf (UKCS)