***LAYER BEING UPDATED - USE WITH CAUTION*** This layer shows the locations of dredge spoil deposit sites that are designated as open (in use). The spoil is usually as a result of navigational dredging (deepening of navigation channels) on the approaches to ports and harbours.
The UK continental shelf is subdivided into eight areas for the purposes of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA).
SEA is the process of appraisal through which environmental protection and sustainable development may be considered, and factored into national and local decisions regarding Government (and other) plans and programmes – such as oil and gas licensing rounds and other offshore energy developments, including renewables and gas and carbon dioxide storage.
A point shapefile depicting locations of ship-to-ship hydrocarbon cargo transfers at Nigg (Cromarty Firth), Scapa Flow (Orkney) and Sullom Voe (Shetland) authorised by Shetland Islands Council, Orkney Islands Council and Cromarty Firth Port Authority.
This dataset contains information on coastal facilities utilised by the hydrocarbons industry. The locations of refineries, terminals (pipelines) and decommissioning yards as well as their names are recorded.
