OGA SubAreas BNG: UK Onshore and Offshore Oil and Gas Licence Boundaries

Licence boundaries covering both onshore and offshore UK taken directly from OGA's Petroleum E-business, Assignment and Relinquishment System (PEARS). The dataset is provided by the North Sea Transition Authority and was last updated on 2026-07-08. It is available under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Map oil and gas exploration rights based on official licence boundaries.
• Analyze spatial distribution of energy resources based on onshore and offshore coverage.
• Support regulatory compliance and planning based on authoritative licence data.
• Conduct geospatial analysis for energy infrastructure projects based on boundary polygons.

Strengths

• Data is sourced directly from the official OGA PEARS system, suggesting authoritative provenance.
• Covers both onshore and offshore UK areas, providing complete spatial coverage for the sector.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOJSON, KML, WFS, WMS, ESRI REST) for interoperability.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

North Sea Transition Authority (formerly Oil and Gas Authority - OGA)

Collection Method

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

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:33.433966; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom (onshore and offshore)