Interactive Energy Map for the UKCS Organisations are using our interactive spatial and subsurface mapping tools to accommodate and integrate a range of technologies offshore – such as carbon storage, hydrogen, wind and oil and gas – and unlock the value of data. View more
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) The OGA Strategy (“Strategy”) is clear that operators and licensees should develop good Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) practices in their plans and daily operations. View more
Licensing rounds We hold offshore and onshore petroleum licensing rounds, inviting applications from companies and making awards to those bids that promise to ensure economic recovery of the UK’s oil and gas resources, whilst supporting the drive to net zero carbon by 2050. View more
Asset stewardship Benchmarking Benchmarking is integral to the asset stewardship process and is helping to drive significant performance improvements in cost, production efficiency, wells and project performance and decommissioning. View more
Exploration Data The NSTA is committed to improving access to quality data to revitalise exploration of oil and gas across the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). View more
Seismic acquisition In the 2015 and 2016 budget announcement, the NSTA received £20 million of funding from HM Treasury to support the acquisition and processing of new 2D seismic data in some of the underexplored areas of the UKCS. View more
Licence assignments and relinquishments A company that is party to a licence may wish to sell its interest, or a part of it, to another company. It requires the NSTA ’s prior consent to do so. View more