The UK’s first Oil and Gas National Data Repository to deliver additional value and inward investment to the UK (link)
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has taken a step closer to the first UK Oil and Gas National Data Repository (NDR) for petroleum-related information that will be launched in early 2019. The NDR will house and publish the collection of UK petroleum-related information, such as well, geophysical, field and infrastructure data, aiming to deliver added value and inward investment to the UK.
The NDR aims to be a critical piece of UK digital infrastructure providing definitive information which is intended to help unlock the UK Continental Shelf’s remaining resources. The OGA will, by providing enhanced and trusted data on the widest possible terms, deliver extra value for the sector and help achieve MER UK.
The NDR will enable the OGA to discharge its newly commenced information and samples powers and ensure that the UK’s petroleum-related information is maintained and enhanced as a sustainable digital resource of valuable and comprehensive data, driving inward investment, new technologies and exploration activity.
The OGA has reached an agreement with Common Data Access Limited (CDA) (a wholly owned subsidiary of Oil & Gas UK) to operate the NDR for two-years, building on the existing service operated by CDA for over 20 years. The OGA has commenced a procurement process for the OGA operated NDR, with services expected to commence in 2021.
Source: OGA.