UKCS Structural and Tectonic Elements Database

<div><p style='text-align:justify; color:windowtext; text-indent:0px; padding-right:0px; padding-left:0px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-right:0px; margin-left:0px; background-color:transparent;'><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'><span style='background-color:inherit;'>This </span></span><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'><span style='background-color:inherit;'>structural and tectonics database </span></span><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'><span style='background-color:inherit;'>has been </span></span><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'><span style='background-color:inherit;'>purchased </span></span><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'><span style='background-color:inherit;'>from </span><span style='background-color:inherit;'>Getech</span><span style='background-color:inherit;'> </span></span><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'><span style='background-color:inherit;'>by the  NSTA for publication. It is </span></span><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'><span style='background-color:inherit;'>based on mapping using gravity and magnetic datasets, remote sensing data, geology maps, publicly available seismic data and literature. Structures are mapped at 1:1m scale, and </span></span><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'><span style='background-color:inherit;'>an </span></span><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'><span style='background-color:inherit;'>extensive </span></span><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'><span style='background-color:inherit;'>number of attributes explain</span></span><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'><span style='background-color:inherit;'> the data used in mapping, kinematics and confidence in the interpretation of the structure. Each structural element also has a detailed activation history within the attribution, describing periods of activity or inactivity and the kinematics through time based on</span></span><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'><span style='background-color:inherit;'> </span></span><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'><span style='background-color:inherit;'>direct data and/or </span><span style='background-color:inherit;'>Getech’s</span><span style='background-color:inherit;'> tectonic model for the area.</span></span><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'> </span><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'> </span></p></div><div><p style='text-align:justify; color:windowtext; text-indent:0px; padding-right:0px; padding-left:0px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-right:0px; margin-left:0px; background-color:transparent;'><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'><span style='background-color:inherit;'>The database is being delivered out as an ArcGIS geodatabase which contains the mapped structural elements fully categorised and attributed together with activation histories where applicable.</span></span><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'><span style='background-color:inherit;'> The “Structural Builds” PDF document should be used to alongside the geodatabase as this provides an explanation of the schema used</span></span><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'><span style='background-color:inherit;'>.</span></span><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'><span style='background-color:inherit;'> </span></span><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'><span style='background-color:inherit;'>The “READ ME</span></span><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'><span style='background-color:inherit;'>” file should also be used to provide some additional information for navigating around the data.</span></span><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'> </span><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'> </span></p></div><div><p style='text-align:justify; color:windowtext; text-indent:0px; padding-right:0px; padding-left:0px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; margin-right:0px; margin-left:0px; background-color:transparent;'><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'><span style='background-color:inherit;'>These data are</span></span><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'><span style='background-color:inherit;'> being released under the </span></span><a href='https://www.nstauthority.co.uk/media/5850/oga-open-user-licence_210619v2.pdf' style='font-family:inherit; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-size:16px; text-decoration-line:none;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'><span style='color:rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family:Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size:11pt; text-decoration-line:underline;'><span style='background-color:inherit; font-family:inherit;'>OGA </span></span><span style='color:rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family:Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size:11pt; text-decoration-line:underline;'><span style='background-color:inherit; font-family:inherit;'>Licence</span></span><span style='color:rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family:Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size:11pt; text-decoration-line:underline;'><span style='background-color:inherit; font-family:inherit;'> (OGAL)</span></span></a><span style='font-family:Arial,Arial_MSFontService,Sans-Serif; font-size:11pt;'><span style='background-color:inherit;'>, the terms of which can be found in the documentation included with this delivery.</span></span></p></div>

Tags: Exploration, Geology, NSTA, Petroleum Licensing Round
Organization: North Sea Transition Authority