OGA SubAreas: UK Onshore and Offshore Petroleum Licence Boundaries

UK licence boundaries for petroleum exploration and production, covering both onshore and offshore areas. The data originates from the North Sea Transition Authority's Petroleum E-business, Assignment and Relinquishment System (PEARS). It was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Mapping petroleum licence areas based on the described geospatial boundaries.
• Analyzing the spatial distribution of UK energy exploration rights based on the described onshore and offshore coverage.
• Integrating licence data with other geospatial layers for energy infrastructure planning based on the 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 (CSV, GEOJSON, KML, WFS, WMS, ESRI REST).

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.

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 13:33:23.899508; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom (onshore and offshore)