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21st Century Exploration RoadMap (21CXRM) Palaeozoic Petroleum Systems Analysis Project: Overview Regional Structural, Palaeogeography and Poster Products

GIS versions of a regional structural summary and palaeogeographic reconstructions describing the Palaeozoic geology of parts of the UK offshore and onshore, plus a set of summary posters and a summary presentation capturing the conventional petroleum systems. Devonian and Carboniferous rocks are the focus in and around the Mid North Sea High, Central North Sea, the Moray Firth and Orcadian Basin. In the greater Irish Sea area, Carboniferous rocks are described. The peer-reviewed products were produced for the 21CXRM Palaeozoic Project by BGS for DECC/OGA, Oil and Gas UK and oil company sponsors between November 2014 and May 2016, to improve regional digital datasets and knowledge of the underexplored Palaeozoic petroleum systems, and to stimulate exploration. The petroleum systems analysis was based on new interpretations of extensive well, seismic, gravity-magnetic and source rock datasets, integrated with petrophysical studies, basin modelling and UK onshore knowledge. Released data were collated and interpreted, and interpretations of unreleased data were included with agreement of the data owners. Unreleased raw data is excluded, as is the UK Government Seismic data released in 2016. The GIS layers were digitised from figures prepared for project reports and are applicable for use at scales between 1:1,000,000 and 1:3,000,000.

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Identification info

Metadata Language
English (en)
Dataset Reference Date ()
2016-05-31
Identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607129

 

British Geological Survey

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Enquiries


The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South

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EDINBURGH

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LOTHIAN

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EH14 4AP

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United Kingdom

0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
 

British Geological Survey

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Enquiries


The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South

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EDINBURGH

,

LOTHIAN

,

EH14 4AP

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United Kingdom

0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Magnetic data

  • Seismic data

  • Carboniferous

  • Devonian

  • Petroleum geology

  • Palaeozoic

  • Digital data

  • Source beds

  • Gravity

  • Basin analysis

Keywords
  • NERC_DDC

Limitations on Public Access
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
copyright
Other constraints
The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
Use constraints
otherRestrictions
Other constraints

The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Other constraints

The dataset is made available to external clients under BGS Digital Data Licence terms and conditions. Revert to the IPR Section (iprdigital@bgs.ac.uk) if further advice is required with regard to permitted usage. iprdigital@bgs.ac The dataset is made available to external clients under BGS Digital Data Licence terms and conditions. Revert to the IPR Section (iprdigital@bgs.ac.uk) if further advice is required with regard to permitted usage.

Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Extent

GB

Dataset Reference Date ()
2009

Extent

IRISH SEA [id=2001430]

Dataset Reference Date ()
2010

Extent

NORTH SEA [id=2001452]

Dataset Reference Date ()
2010

Extent

UK [id=139300]

Dataset Reference Date ()
1979

Extent

UKM

Dataset Reference Date ()
2009

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Begin date
1965
End date
2016-05-31
Additional information

Released 23/3/17, after a confidentiality period related to the 29th Offshore Licensing round and under the Open Government License.

 

Spatial Reference System

No information provided.

Distribution Information

Data format
Resource Locator
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/energy/petroleumGeoscience/explorationRoadmap.html
Resource Locator
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/energy/petroleumGeoscience/explorationRoadmap.html
 
Quality Scope
dataset
Other

dataset

Report

Dataset Reference Date ()
2011
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Degree

Report

Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
Explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Degree
Statement

Source data included BGS gravity, magnetic and map data, core sample data returned to BGS, well data and reports from CDA and seismic data provided under confidentiality to BGS by DECC/OGA. Oil companies also donated data. Seismic, stratigraphic, geophysical, source rock, petrophysical and basin modelling interpretation and modelling were undertaken and the results integrated with data on oil and gas shows, discoveries and fields to describe the Palaeozoic petroleum systems in conventional oil and gas. The products are a range of GIS layers, grids, images, spreadsheets and reports.

Metadata

File identifier
4b783236-58fe-5a63-e054-002128a47908 XML
Metadata Language
English (en)
Resource type
dataset
Metadata Date
2023-03-30
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3

 

British Geological Survey


The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South

,

EDINBURGH

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LOTHIAN

,

EH14 4AP

,

United Kingdom

+44 131 667 1000
 
 

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