UKCS offshore infrastructure pipeline linear
NSTA Infrastructure Data is a set of data reported to the NSTA by relevant persons pursuant to Section 34 of the 2016 Energy Act. The data represents physical structures and facilities installed on the UKCS in fulfilment of relevant persons' licence, field operations or pipeline works authorisation (PWA) related activities. The data is currently updated on a 6 monthly cycle (April / October). Data includes surface installations, subsea infrastructure, pipelines and pipeline freespans. Warning: Due to the 254 character limit of shapefile downloads, some attributes within this dataset will be truncated when downloading as a shapefile.
- Records
- 9,025
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- Last updated
- 13 Aug 2026
Download & API
UKCS offshore infrastructure pipeline linear (CSV)csv
Spreadsheet — attributes, with coordinates for point layers
UKCS offshore infrastructure pipeline linear (GeoParquet)geoparquet
Columnar — query with DuckDB / SQL
UKCS offshore infrastructure pipeline linear (map tiles)pmtiles
Vector tiles — embed in a map
Live ArcGIS layer (source)arcgis
Rendered from PMTiles, queried in-browser from GeoParquet — no server. How this works
Schema
| Field | Type | Values |
|---|---|---|
Feature ID FEATURE_ID | string | |
Organisation_ID ORG_ID | string | |
NSTA pipeline number NSTAPIPNO | string | |
Pipeline name PIPE_NAME | string | |
Type of infrastructure INF_TYPE | string | 6 values: PIPELINE (3,603), UMBILICAL (2,526), ROCK DUMP (1,881)… |
Reporting group name REP_GROUP | string | |
Fluid FLUID | string | |
Pipeline system name PIPE_SYS | string | |
Description DESCRIPTIO | string | |
Status STATUS | string | 6 values: ACTIVE (6,298), NOT IN USE (2,192), ABANDONED (483)… |
Comments COMMENTS | string | |
Diameter (mm) DIAMETERMM | number | 0 to 3,602 |
Length (m) LENGTH_M | number | 0 to 543,048 |
Insulation coating type INSUL_TYPE | string | |
Internal diameter (mm) INT_DIAM | number | -9,999 to 972 |
Max operating pressure (barg) MX_OP_PRES | number | 0 to 3,750 |
Wall thickness (mm) THICKNESS | number | -9,999.00 to 98.05 |
Bundle BUNDLE | number | 0 to 510,001,767 |
Bundle flag BUNDLE_FLG | string | 3 values: B (166), P (86), 0 (4) |
Original CRS code CRS_CODE | integer | 0 to 32,631 |
Original CRS name CRS_NAME | string | |
Start date START_DATE | datetime | |
End date END_DATE | datetime | |
Reason for end date END_REAS | string | |
Untrenched flag UNTRENCHED | string | 3 values: U (916), T (161), 0 (3) |
Exposed flag EXPOSED | string | 3 values: E (801), B (273), 0 (3) |
Date updated UPD_DATE | datetime | |
Update type UPD_TYPE | string | 4 values: NO CHANGE (7,979), MODIFY (804), ADD (240)… |
Reason for update UPD_REAS | string | |
Legacy ID LEGACY_ID | integer | 2 to 510,004,879 |
Reporting group type - owner REP_OWNER | string | 2 values: Y (8,394), N (631) |
Reporting group type - operator REP_OPERTR | string | 2 values: Y (8,629), N (396) |
Reporting group type - holder REP_HOLDER | string | 2 values: Y (8,806), N (219) |
Simplified SIMPLIFIED | string | 2 values: N (8,761), Y (156) |