EMODnet Human Activities, Oil and Gas, Wells
Short description
The dataset on offshore wells for Oil and Gas industry activities in the EU was created in 2014 by Cogea for the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet). It is the result of the aggregation and harmonization of datasets provided by several EU and non-EU sources. It is updated every year, and is available for viewing and download on the EMODnet web portal (Human Activities, https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities). It contains points representing offshore wells drilled in the following countries: Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Faroe Islands, France, Germany, Greece (only for western coast), Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and United Kingdom. Where available each point has the following attributes: status (active, abandoned, other, suspended, N/A), country, code, name, year (spud date), purpose (exploitation, exploration, other), content (crude oil, natural gas, crude oil and natural gas, natural gas and crude oil, dry, other), operator, drilling company/facility, distance to coast (metres) and water depth (metres). Compared with the previous version this new version has been updated for most of the countries that have published or sent their last release of data.
Point of contact
Cogea srl
lfalco@cogea.it
Resource constraints
Re-use of content for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the sources (both EMODnet - Human Activities, and primary sources) are acknowledged. EMODnet - Human Activities accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the re-use of content accessible on its website. Data on Germany are not available for download in order to comply with the terms of use of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency
Spatial extent
['-10.58', '34.59', '34.56', '70.09']
Type
dataset
Metadata information
Identifier
Keywords
Energy resources ; GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ;

energy ; GEMET - Themes, version 2.4 ;

hydrocarbon ; oil exploration ; oil extraction ; offshore drilling ; oil production (chain) ; petroleum industry ; GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1 ;

Metadata GDI-Vl-conform ;

Resource provider(s)
Cogea srl
lfalco@cogea.it

Faroe Islands - Jarðfeingi - Faroese Geological Survey
jardfeingi@jardfeingi.fo

Ireland - Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
PADadmin@decc.gov.ie

Malta - Ministry for Finance and Emplyment - Continental Shelf Department
charles.a.galea@gov.mt

Croatia - Croatian Hydrocarbon Agency
tatjana.durn@azu.hr

Spain - Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic challenge - Energy - Archivo Técnico de Hidrocarburos
t.medialdea@igme.es

Montenegro - Geological Survey of Montenegro
jovanovic.b@geozavod.co.me

Poland - Polish Geological Institute - National Research Institute
biuro@pgi.gov.pl

Latvia - Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre
klientu.serviss@lvgmc.lv

Norway - Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
FactWeb@npd.no

Netherlands - TNO - Geological Survey of the Netherlands
info@nlog.nl

Germany - Landesamt fur Bergbau, Energie und Geologie
Hans-Juergen.Brauner@lbeg.niedersachsen.de

Denmark - Danish Energy Agency
ens@ens.dk

Greece - Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change
spyridonbellas@gmail.com

Cyprus - Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry - Hydrocarbons Service
nmarkou@meci.gov.cy

Italy - Ministero dell'ambiente e della sicurezza energetica - Direzione generale infrastrutture e sicurezza (IS) - Ufficio nazionale minerario per gli idrocarburi e le georisorse (UNMIG)
nicola.santocchi@mise.gov.it

Portugal - Direção-Geral de Energia e Geologia
jose.martins@dgeg.gov.pt

UK - North Sea Transition Authority
GIS-Team@ogauthority.co.uk

France - BRGM - The French Geological Survey
F.Paquet@brgm.fr

Lineage
Data were retrived from 18 different countries. Validation and quality assurance remain up to primary data sources, while harmonization is carried out by Cogea. The harmonisation process consisted of identifying a set of attributes common to all the different datasets, thus creating a single data model. To do so, it was necessary to define a homogenous set of variables for each attribute. Therefore, raw data attributes may use a different terminology, although the information contained remains basically the same. For further information on validation and quality assurance, it is suggested that primary data sources are contacted. Generally speaking data are to be considered very reliable, because they come from national sources officially in charge for their collection. The distance to coast (EEA coastline shapefile) has been calculated using the original data map projections, where available. In the other cases it was used the UTM WGS84 Zone projected coordinate system where data fall in.