UK Continental Shelf petroleum province

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The UK Continental Shelf petroleum province is an offshore region surrounding the United Kingdom that contains significant oil and gas reserves and has been a major focus of the country’s hydrocarbon exploration and production activities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf offshore hydrocarbon province
petroleum province
associatedWith North Sea oil industry
UK energy policy
UK offshore licensing rounds
containsBasin Central North Sea Basin
linked to: North Sea basin

East Irish Sea Basin
Faroe-Shetland Basin
Northern North Sea Basin
linked to: East Shetland Basin

Rockall Trough
Southern North Sea Basin
linked to: southern North Sea
containsField Brent oil field
Buzzard oil field
Clair oil field
Elgin gas condensate field
Forties oil field
Franklin gas condensate field
Indefatigable gas field
linked to: Leman gas field

Leman gas field
Magnus oil field
Ninian oil field
Piper oil field
Schiehallion oil field
country United Kingdom
currentActivity brownfield redevelopment
decommissioning of offshore installations
late-life asset management
developmentPhase mature petroleum province
economicImportance major contributor to UK energy supply
major contributor to UK government revenues
explorationStarted 1960s
firstMajorGasDiscovery 1960s
firstMajorOilDiscovery 1969
governedBy North Sea Transition Authority
UK Oil and Gas Authority
hasLegalBasis United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
hasResourceType condensate
crude oil
natural gas
natural gas liquids
hostRockAge Mesozoic
Paleozoic
infrastructureType floating production systems
offshore pipelines
offshore production platforms
subsea tie-backs
locatedIn Atlantic Margin
Irish Sea
North Atlantic Ocean
linked to: North Atlantic

North Sea
United Kingdom Continental Shelf
West of Shetland area
majorHydrocarbonType Jurassic-sourced oil
Permian gas
partOf United Kingdom exclusive economic zone
regulatedBy UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
UK Health and Safety Executive
usedFor gas storage and transportation
hydrocarbon exploration
hydrocarbon production

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Wessex Basin partOf UK Continental Shelf petroleum province
East Irish Sea Basin system partOf UK Continental Shelf
linked to: UK Continental Shelf petroleum province
Wood Review of UK offshore oil and gas recovery focusesOn UK Continental Shelf
linked to: UK Continental Shelf petroleum province
Wood Review of UK offshore oil and gas recovery geographicScope UK Continental Shelf petroleum provinces
linked to: UK Continental Shelf petroleum province
UK Marine Policy Statement appliesTo UK Continental Shelf
linked to: UK Continental Shelf petroleum province
Brent System pipeline region UK Continental Shelf
linked to: UK Continental Shelf petroleum province
Ninian Pipeline System regionServed UK Continental Shelf
linked to: UK Continental Shelf petroleum province