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North Sea Transition Authority

UKCS offshore hydrocarbon fields

Offshore field outlines as provided by operators at the point of field determination or re-determination. A hydrocarbon field is defined by the NSTA as a single geological petroleum structure encompassing the maximum extent of hydrocarbons (moveable or not), based solely on geological criteria. This dataset includes offshore fields within the UKCS areas in WGS84.

Records
478
Formats
5
Last updated
5 Nov 2026
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UKCS offshore hydrocarbon fields (CSV)csv
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UKCS offshore hydrocarbon fields (GeoJSON)geojson
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UKCS offshore hydrocarbon fields (GeoParquet)geoparquet
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UKCS offshore hydrocarbon fields (map tiles)pmtiles
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Schema

FieldTypeValues
Field name
FIELDNAME
string
Field type
FIELDTYPE
string3 values: OIL (252), GAS (183), COND (43)
Short field name
NAME_SHORT
string
Status
STATUS
string10 values: PRODUCING (207), PRODUCTION CEASED (193), POST-COP (39)…
Discovery date
DISC_DATE
string
Discovery well
DISC_WELL
string
Status code
STAT_CODE
string10 values: 700 (207), 900 (193), 1000 (39)…
Production start date
PROD_DATE
string
Depth (m)
DEPTH_M
string
Determination status
DET_STATUS
string3 values: DETERMINED (462), SUB AREA (14), UNDETERMINED (1)
Original operator
ORIG_OP
string
Original licence 1
ORIG_LIC
string
Current operator
CURR_OPER
string
Original licence 2
ORIG_LIC_2
string
Original licence 3
ORIG_LIC_3
string
Original licence 4
ORIG_LIC_4
string
Original licence 5
ORIG_LIC_5
string
Current licensee 1
CURRLIC
string
Equity 1
EQUITY
integer0 to 100
Current licensee 2
CURRLIC2
string
Equity 2
EQUITY2
integer0 to 100
Current licensee 3
CURRLIC3
string
Equity 3
EQUITY3
integer0 to 100
Current licensee 4
CURRLIC4
string
Equity 4
EQUITY4
integer0 to 64
Current licensee 5
CURRLIC5
string11 values: PRAX HURRICANE (WHIRLWIND) LIMITED (4), CHRYSAOR (U.K.) ALPHA LIMITED (2), NEO NEXT+ ENERGY (ZEX) LIMITED (2)…
Equity 5
EQUITY5
integer1 to 25
Current licensee 6
CURRLIC6
string6 values: PRAX UPSTREAM LIMITED (4), ONE-DYAS E&P LIMITED (2), INEOS UK SNS LIMITED (1)…
Equity 6
EQUITY6
integer1 to 13
Current licensee 7
CURRLIC7
string3 values: ROCKROSE UKCS 10 LIMITED (4), SPIRIT ENERGY RESOURCES LIMITED (1), TRANSWORLD PETROLEUM (U.K.) LIMITED (1)
Equity 7
EQUITY7
integer17 to 30
Current licensee 8
CURRLIC8
string
Equity 8
EQUITY8
integer
Current licensee 9
CURRLIC9
string
Equity 9
EQUITY9
integer
Current licensee 10
CURRLIC10
string
Equity 10
EQUITY10
integer
Current licensee 11
CURRLIC11
string
Current licensee 12
CURRLIC12
string
Equity 11
EQUITY11
integer
Equity 12
EQUITY12
integer
Current licensee 13
CURRLIC13
string
Equity 13
EQUITY13
integer
Current licensee 14
CURRLIC14
string
Equity 14
EQUITY14
integer
Current licensee 15
CURRLIC15
string
Equity 15
EQUITY15
integer
Current licensee 16
CURRLIC16
string
Equity 16
EQUITY16
integer
Current licensee 17
CURRLIC17
string
Equity 17
EQUITY17
integer
Current licensee 18
CURRLIC18
string
Equity 18
EQUITY18
integer
Current licensee 19
CURRLIC19
string
Equity 19
EQUITY19
integer
Current licensee 20
CURRLIC20
string
Equity 20
EQUITY20
integer