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UKCS relinquished petroleum licence blocks

Licensed block relinquishments with links to PDF relinquishment reports.

Records
8,091
Formats
4
Last updated
5 Nov 2026

Download & API

UKCS relinquished petroleum licence blocks (CSV)csv
Spreadsheet — attributes, with coordinates for point layers
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UKCS relinquished petroleum licence blocks (GeoParquet)geoparquet
Columnar — query with DuckDB / SQL
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UKCS relinquished petroleum licence blocks (map tiles)pmtiles
Vector tiles — embed in a map
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Live ArcGIS layer (source)arcgis
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Rendered from PMTiles, queried in-browser from GeoParquet — no server. How this works

Schema

FieldTypeValues
Relinquishment ID
REL_ID
string
Relinquishment date
RELDATE
datetime
Block reference
BLOCKREF
string
Quadrant number
QUADNO
string
Block number
BLOCKNO
number0.00 to 99.00
Block suffix
BLOCKSUFF
string
Licence reference
LICREF
string
Licence type
LICTYPE
string7 values: P (7,409), PEDL (593), EXL (38)…
Licence number
LICNO
number1 to 2,656
Round type
RNDTYPE
string6 values: F (7,200), N (642), S (145)…
Round number
RNDNO
number1.00 to 33.00
Administrative organisation
ADMORG
string
Admin organisation group
ADMORGGRP
string
Licensee organisations
LICORG
string
Licensee organisation groups
LICORGGRP
string
Sub area organisations
SUBAREAORG
string
Sub area organisation groups
SAREAORGRP
string
Location
LOCATION
string2 values: OFFSHORE (7,409), ONSHORE (682)
Original datum of block
ORIGDATUM
string3 values: ED 50 (7,169), OSGB NATIONAL GRID (682), ETRS89 (240)
Relinquishment report link
RELREPORT
string
Block start date
BLCKSTRTDT
datetime
Full or partial
REL_CHECK
string2 values: Full (6,369), Partial (1,722)
Link to report
LINK
string
Date report added
REPORTADD
datetime
To be published on Open data
OPEN_DATA
string