UKCS offshore infrastructure surface points removed
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 removed 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
- Formats
- 5
- Last updated
- 21 Jul 2026
Download & API
UKCS offshore infrastructure surface points removed (CSV)csv
Spreadsheet — attributes, with coordinates for point layers
UKCS offshore infrastructure surface points removed (GeoJSON)geojson
GeoJSON — for web maps and GIS tools
UKCS offshore infrastructure surface points removed (GeoParquet)geoparquet
Columnar — query with DuckDB / SQL
UKCS offshore infrastructure surface points removed (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 | |
Current row indicator CURR_ROW | string | 1 values: Y (9) |
Infrastructure name NAME | string | |
Type of infrastructure INF_TYPE | string | 1 values: PLATFORM (9) |
Reporting group name REP_GROUP | string | 4 values: HARBOUR ENERGY PLC (3), PERENCO OIL & GAS (3), ENI UK LIMITED (2)… |
Description DESCRIPTIO | string | 7 values: SATELLITE PLATFORM (2), WELLHEAD STEEL (2), KATY PLATFORM (1)… |
Platform flag PLAT_FLAG | string | |
Pipeline system name PIPE_SYS | string | 4 values: Hewett System (2), AMETHYST (1), LAPS (1)… |
Description of point POINT_DESC | string | 1 values: CENTRE OF PLATFORM (3) |
Original CRS code CRS_CODE | integer | 4,326 to 23,031 |
Original CRS name CRS_NAME | string | 3 values: UTM31, ED50 (5), ED_1950_UTM_Zone_31N (3), GCS_WGS_1984 (1) |
Original X longitude ORIG_X_LON | number | 1 to 477,970 |
Original Y latitude ORIG_Y_LAT | number | 61 to 6,028,631 |
Status STATUS | string | 1 values: REMOVED (9) |
Comments COMMENTS | string | 6 values: Platform has ceased production and will be P&Ad and transitioned to cold suspension in 2023 (2), Topside and jacket removed in 2025, subsea piles and mudmats remain. (2), 48/29B Platform has been removed end 3Q 2025 (1)… |
Start date START_DATE | datetime | |
End date END_DATE | datetime | |
Reason for end date END_REAS | string | 2 values: Infrastructure removed (3), Platform removed end of 3Q 2025 (2) |
Date updated UPD_DATE | datetime | |
Update type UPD_TYPE | string | 1 values: REMOVE (9) |
Reason for update UPD_REAS | string | 6 values: 2025_11 Physically Removed | 2022_05 CHR to HBR | STATUS to NOT IN USE (3), STATUS CHANGED TO REMOVED, NEW COMMENT, ADDED START/END DATES (2), Platform removed on 11 Aug 2025 (1)… |
Legacy ID LEGACY_ID | integer | 700,001,905 to 710,000,085 |
To be published on Open data OPEN_DATA | string |