Prospective shale areas in the UK Continental Shelf based on a 2013 British Geological Survey study. The dataset is provided by the North Sea Transition Authority and was last updated on 2026-06-18. It includes multiple file formats such as GeoJSON, KML, and GPKG.
Use Cases
- Map prospective shale gas resources based on the 2013 BGS study
- Conduct spatial analysis of shale areas based on geospatial file formats
- Integrate geological prospectivity data into energy planning models based on the described features
Strengths
- Based on a 2013 study by the British Geological Survey (BGS)
- Offers data in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON, KML, and GPKG
- Last updated on 2026-06-18 11:11:23.772577
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- The underlying study is from 2013; geological assessments may have evolved
Provenance
- Source
- North Sea Transition Authority
- Collection Method
- Based on a 2013 British Geological Survey study
- Time Range
- 2013
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-18 11:11:23.772577
- Geography
- UK Continental Shelf