UK Continental Shelf data on petroleum licence blocks that have been relinquished by operators. The dataset includes links to PDF relinquishment reports and is provided by the North Sea Transition Authority. It was last updated on 2026-06-18.
Use Cases
- Analyze historical relinquishment patterns based on the reported licence blocks.
- Link spatial block data to detailed PDF reports for regulatory compliance review.
- Map the evolution of active vs. relinquished petroleum exploration areas over time.
Strengths
- Includes links to detailed PDF relinquishment reports for context.
- Offers data in multiple geospatial and tabular formats (e.g., GEOJSON, GPKG, XLSX).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- North Sea Transition Authority
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-18 11:12:35.911798; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- UK Continental Shelf