UKCS offshore petroleum licences (ED50)
type: Dataset
description: A Licence is a geographically defined area for prospecting, exploration or extraction of petroleum resources. The North Sea Transition Authority's licensing system covers oil and gas within Great Britain, its territorial sea and on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The Petroleum Act 1998 vests all rights to the nation's petroleum resources in the Crown, but the NSTA can grant licences that confer exclusive rights to 'search and bore for and get' petroleum. Licences fall into several categories. The principal distinctions are between onshore and offshore licences, and between exploration licences (which cover exploration alone) and production licences (which cover both exploration and production). The NSTA has discretion in the granting of licences to help maximise the economic recovery of the UK's oil and gas resources. Licence data is represented by 3 different datasets; Licences, Licence Blocks and Sub Areas. Licence polygons represent the whole licence and have one polygon per licence. Licenced Blocks and Sub areas represent finer divisions of these licences and may have many polygons per licence. Most Licenced Blocks are split with several sub areas, sometimes with differing operators and beneficiaries.
issued: 2026-05-11T14:39:48+00:00
modified: 2026-08-21T10:10:33.705000+00:00
publisher: North Sea Transition Authority
landing page: https://open-data-ukcs-transition.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/UKCS-transition::ukcs-offshore-petroleum-licences-ed50

CSV
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format: CSV
issued: 2026-06-18T11:11:12.628889
modified: 2026-06-18T11:11:12.624897
access URL: https://open-data-ukcs-transition.hub.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/ca7fcab888dc402ca4e22f59bf445e88/csv

GeoPackage
type: Distribution
format: GPKG
issued: 2026-06-18T11:11:12.628895
modified: 2026-06-18T11:11:12.625196
access URL: https://open-data-ukcs-transition.hub.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/ca7fcab888dc402ca4e22f59bf445e88/geoPackage

File Geodatabase
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format: ZIP
issued: 2026-06-18T11:11:12.628892
modified: 2026-06-18T11:11:12.625073
access URL: https://open-data-ukcs-transition.hub.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/ca7fcab888dc402ca4e22f59bf445e88/filegdb

Excel
type: Distribution
format: XLSX
issued: 2026-06-18T11:11:12.628894
modified: 2026-06-18T11:11:12.625155
access URL: https://open-data-ukcs-transition.hub.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/ca7fcab888dc402ca4e22f59bf445e88/excel

ArcGIS Hub Dataset
type: Distribution
format: HTML
issued: 2026-06-18T11:11:12.628885
modified: 2026-06-18T11:11:12.624763
access URL: https://open-data-ukcs-transition.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/UKCS-transition::ukcs-offshore-petroleum-licences-ed50

SQLite Geodatabase
type: Distribution
format: GDB
issued: 2026-06-18T11:11:12.628895
modified: 2026-06-18T11:11:12.625238
access URL: https://open-data-ukcs-transition.hub.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/ca7fcab888dc402ca4e22f59bf445e88/sqlite

Feature Collection
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format: TXT
issued: 2026-06-18T11:11:12.628893
modified: 2026-06-18T11:11:12.625114
access URL: https://open-data-ukcs-transition.hub.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/ca7fcab888dc402ca4e22f59bf445e88/featureCollection

GeoJSON
type: Distribution
format: GeoJSON
issued: 2026-06-18T11:11:12.628891
modified: 2026-06-18T11:11:12.624989
access URL: https://open-data-ukcs-transition.hub.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/ca7fcab888dc402ca4e22f59bf445e88/geojson

Shapefile
type: Distribution
format: ZIP
issued: 2026-06-18T11:11:12.628890
modified: 2026-06-18T11:11:12.624946
access URL: https://open-data-ukcs-transition.hub.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/ca7fcab888dc402ca4e22f59bf445e88/shapefile

KML
type: Distribution
format: KML
issued: 2026-06-18T11:11:12.628891
modified: 2026-06-18T11:11:12.625032
access URL: https://open-data-ukcs-transition.hub.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/ca7fcab888dc402ca4e22f59bf445e88/kml

ArcGIS GeoService
type: Distribution
format: ArcGIS GeoServices REST API
issued: 2026-06-18T11:11:12.628888
modified: 2026-06-18T11:11:12.624842
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