North Sea Interactive (NSI) biological and chemical environmental survey availability for oil and gas licence blocks

What is it: 

The layer is a simplified representation of the data available through the North Sea Interactive (NSI) project carried out by Heriot Watt University, BGS and National Oceanography Centre.

It combines information from the NSI product and the oil and gas licensed areas layers to highlight what type of sampling has been conducted in each area as part of the offshore environmental surveys carried out by oil and gas operators.

Date of Data: 1975 - 2011.

Links to Scotland's Marine Atlas: 
Chapter 5: Oil, Gas, Pipelines and Gas Storage
Data originators: 
British Geological Survey (BGS) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
This information page is part of the theme: 
Oil, Gas, Pipelines and Gas Storage
North Sea Interactive (NSI) biological and chemical environmental survey availability for DECC licensed blocks © Marine Scotland
More Information: 

NSI project aimed to develop a new decision support tool for the Offshore Oil and Gas industry by creating a geographic resource from existing environmental data. The full dataset combines the North Sea Benthos database (UKBenthos) with NERC's regional North Sea marine sediment data (BGS) and layers of modelled hydrodynamics (NOC). The layer available on NMPi displays what type of samples have been carried out in each licensed block. The full dataset is available by request at the NSI website below.

This page was last modified on : 
Tuesday, March 20, 2018 - 16:02

Links and Resources

Map Type Click title for metadata and licence informationsort descending Date of data View Map
Map Layers (NMPi) Oil and Gas - North Sea Interactive (NSI) biological and chemical environmental survey availability for oil and gas licence blocks 2015-01-26 Access this map on NMPi
External Interactive Maps or Portals Oil and Gas Environmental Data - UK Benthos Database Map View Map (external source)
Type Link Titlesort descending External Link
Web link North Sea Interactive w3.abdn.ac.uk
Web link North Sea Interactive data request www.bgs.ac.uk
Type Title External link
Web link UK Benthos Database oilandgasuk.co.uk
Web link National Oceanography Centre noc.ac.uk
Web link Natural Environment Research Council nerc.ukri.org