OGA SubAreas: UK Onshore and Offshore Petroleum Licence Boundaries

Licence boundaries covering both onshore and offshore UK taken directly from OGA's Petroleum E-business, Assignment and Relinquishment System (PEARS). The data is provided by the North Sea Transition Authority and was last updated on 2026-07-08. It is available in multiple geospatial formats including CSV, GEOJSON, and KML.

Use Cases

• Map petroleum exploration and production rights based on the described licence boundaries.
• Analyze the spatial distribution of energy licenses across the UK onshore and offshore.
• Integrate administrative boundaries for energy resource planning based on the official OGA source.

Strengths

• Data originates directly from the official OGA PEARS system, suggesting high authority.
• Covers both onshore and offshore UK areas, providing a complete jurisdictional view.
• Available in multiple standard geospatial formats (CSV, 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.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026-07-08).

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:22.896141

Geography

United Kingdom (onshore and offshore)