UKCS BGS petroleum licence relinquishment prospects
An open database of opportunities as reported by operators in relinquishment reports. The data presented are as submitted in the reports and may contain errors or be incomplete. These data were last updated 13 September 2022 and are not part of a regular update cycle at this time. For this reason, this layer should not be used as a reference for the most accurate or most current prospects and discoveries. Warning: Due to the 254 character limit of shapefile downloads, some attributes within this dataset will be truncated when downloading as a shapefile.
- Records
- 2,438
- Formats
- 4
- Last updated
- 29 Jul 2025
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Schema
| Field | Type | Values |
|---|---|---|
Prospect ID ProspectID | string | |
Prospect Name PROSPECT | string | |
Opportunity Type OPPORNTYPE | string | 9 values: Prospect (1,344), Lead (605), Discovery (329)… |
Data Name DataName | string | |
PDF Document Reference Reference | string | |
Relinquishment Report HTTP RELINQHTTP | string | |
Relinquishment Operator RELINQOPER | string | |
Reservoir Age Name RESERVAGE | string | |
Summary Comment SUMCOMMENT | string | |
Hydrocarbon Case HYDCRBCASE | string | 3 values: Oil (1,477), Gas (947), Mixed oil and gas (14) |
Play Fairway LR FAIRWAYLR | string | |
Principal Well PRINCPWELL | string | |
Relinquishment Date RELINQDATE | string | |
Entered Date ENTERDATE | string | |
Licence List LIC_LIST | string |