Oil & Gas - Licensing blocks and rounds

What is it: 

The layers show blocks and part blocks subject to periodic oil and gas licensing rounds.

Additional oil and gas licensing (indicative and offered blocks) can be added to MS Maps NMPi by the user as a 3rd party WMS. When using the  'Add 3rd Party WMS Layer' function, click on the '?' for a list of WMS available.

Date of Data: current (WMS)

Links to Scotland's Marine Atlas: 
Chapter 5: Oil, Gas, Pipelines and Gas Storage
Data originators: 
North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA)
This information page is part of the theme: 
Oil, Gas, Pipelines and Gas Storage
Oil and Gas licencsed blocks (OGA WMS) © OGA
More Information: 

See ‘Oil and Gas Authority - Licensing & consents’ link on the ‘Additional Information’ tab below for more information.

This page was last modified on : 
Monday, March 21, 2022 - 14:20

Links and Resources

Map Type Click title for metadata and licence informationsort descending Date of data View Map
Map Layers (NMPi) Oil and Gas - Licensed and unlicensed blocks (NSTA WMS) Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) Oil and Gas - Offshore Oil and Gas Licencing Blocks (NSTA) 2013-06-18 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) Oil and Gas - Quadrants (NSTA WMS) Access this map on NMPi
Type Link Titlesort descending External Link
Data Portals North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) - Data downloads www.nstauthority.co.uk
Type Title External link
Statistics Scottish Government - Oil and Gas Production Statistics: 2019 - Supplementary User Requested Data (Offshore Production by Marine Areas) www.gov.scot