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.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (60)

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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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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