UK Continental Shelf

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:island
gptkbp:adjacentTo gptkb:Norwegian_Continental_Shelf
Danish Continental Shelf
Dutch Continental Shelf
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:North_Sea_Transition_Authority
gptkbp:area over 500,000 square kilometers
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:currentProductionTrend declining
gptkbp:decommissioningCost estimated £50 billion
gptkbp:economicImportance significant to UK economy
gptkbp:energyProduction offshore oil
offshore gas
gptkbp:environmentalImpact decommissioning of oil platforms
gptkbp:environmentalRegulation Offshore Petroleum Activities (Conservation of Habitats) Regulations 2001
gptkbp:explorationStarted 1960s
gptkbp:firstOilDiscovery West Sole field
gptkbp:firstOilDiscoveryYear 1965
gptkbp:fishingZone gptkb:UK_Exclusive_Economic_Zone
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:hasResource gptkb:oil
natural gas
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Aberdeen
gptkb:Hull
gptkb:Great_Yarmouth
gptkb:Peterhead
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label UK Continental Shelf
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:majorGasField Leman gas field
Indefatigable gas field
gptkbp:oilField gptkb:Brent_oilfield
gptkb:Forties_oilfield
gptkbp:oilProductionPeak 1999
gptkbp:oilProductionPeakVolume about 4.5 million barrels per day
gptkbp:operator gptkb:TotalEnergies
gptkb:Equinor
gptkb:Shell
BP
gptkbp:platform gptkb:United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea
gptkb:Brent_Spar
gptkb:Forties_Alpha
Ekofisk (shared with Norway)
gptkbp:regulates Petroleum Act 1998
gptkbp:renewablePotential carbon capture and storage
offshore wind
gptkbp:taxStatus petroleum revenue tax
supplementary charge
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Forties
gptkb:Fladen_Ground
gptkb:Murchison_oil_field
gptkb:East_Shetland_Basin
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7