Access to information and samples

The OGA aims to make as much information and data publicly available as soon as possible.

The 2018 disclosure regulations shorten (in most cases) the length of time that information and samples will remain confidential. However, these will generally only apply from 2018 onwards; for legacy data, the rules for release under the 1998 Petroleum Act licence model clauses will still apply.

Offshore data is made available through the National Data Repository (NDR), and the OGA’s Open Data pages. Samples are made available for inspection by the British Geological Survey (BGS).

Well data release agents will continue to make onshore well data available and value-added products from wells already released.

Full details of confidentiality periods under the licence model clauses and the Energy Act 2016 are available in Petroleum Operations Notice (PON) 9 and the OGA’s Guidance on the Reporting and Disclosure of Information and Samples (available on the OGA guidance pages)

If you have any questions about data access or issues relating to Information and Samples in general please contact in the first instance, Phil Harrison, Head of Technical Data (e-mail OGA technical services on OGA.TechData@ogauthority.co.uk)

Contacts

For data viewing

Data for offshore and onshore wells is available to view on Microfiche or CD. Data for offshore wells will also be available through the National Data Repository (NDR) after its launch in Q1 2019.

Oil and Gas Authority

For an appointment to view in our Aberdeen office please contact:

oga.techdata@ogauthority.co.uk

British Geological Survey

Scott Renshaw
British Geological Survey
Kingsley Dunham Centre
Keyworth
Nottingham NG12 5GG

Tel: +44 (0) 115 9363228
Email: kwcorestore@bgs.ac.uk

Please note the contacts above must only be used to make appointments to view data.

General enquiries: OGA data

OGA Technical Data Services
4th floor, 21 Bloomsbury Street
London WC1B 3HF

Tel: +44 (0) 300 067 1667
Email:OGA.TechData@ogauthority.co.uk
To view core and samples for offshore and onshore wells

Scott Renshaw
British Geological Survey
Kingsley Dunham Centre
Keyworth
Nottingham NG12 5GG

Tel. +44 (0)115 9363228
Email: kwcorestore@bgs.ac.uk

Regulations and application for examining/sampling well samples (MS Word Document, 58.3KB)

Data purchase

Purchase of well data

The OGA’s appointed Data Release Agents from whom you can purchase information about wells:

Agent	Data types	Website and telephone contact
TGS-NOPEC	(A2D) Well logs and reports UKNS Facies Map Browser	TGS-NOPEC website Rhys Blake +44 (0) 208 339 4200 rhys.blake@tgs.com
Exploration Geosciences	United Kingdom Discovery Digest	Exploration Geosciences Website Yvonne Drummond +44 (0) 1580 212080
CGG Services (UK) Ltd	Logs and reports, Merged wireline logs, Workstation-ready well logs, Well attributes, Core Analysis database, Geothermal database, Rw database	CGG Services Website Peter Handy +44 (0) 1492 564500 DMS.DigitalProducts@CGG.COM
IHS Markit	Well logs and reports, merged wireline logs, merged well logs, workstation-ready well logs, well attributes, re-interpretted pressure data	IHS Website Richard Longhurst +44 (0) 1666 501822 releaseddata@ihs.com

Purchase of seismic data

With the launch of the National Data Repository (NDR) the 2011 Guidelines for the Release of Proprietary Seismic Data UKCS, will be revoked. All proprietary seismic data will be made available through the NDR. A revised set of Guidelines for the release of geophysical data acquired under an Exploration Licence are due to be published in the first half of 2019.

A selection of pre-1992 2D seismic data and more recent offshore data is available from CGG Data Management Services.

Lynx Information Systems have released a selection of offshore surveys.

Onshore data

The UK Onshore Geophysical Library, managed by Lynx Information Systems, releases onshore seismic data. Contact Neil Anderton on (+44) (0) 20 8780 2634 for further details.