Oil and Gas - Key Information

The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is the principal regulatory authority for the UK Oil and Gas industry. For comprehensive details of the oil and gas regulation including: legislation, guidance notes, codes of practice and environmental information visit the DECC oil and gas website.

DECC has a public consultation website for Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of offshore energy licensing. This includes details of the latest news and provides access to all completed SEAs including the technical reports.

Oil and Gas UK is one of the UK offshore oil and gas industry trade organisations. The members are companies licensed by the Government to explore for and produce oil and gas in UK waters and those who form any part of the industry's supply chain.

Digital Energy Atlas and Library (DEAL) is a web-based service which provides information about UK exploration and production of hydrocarbons in the UKCS.

Oil and Gas Producers : Sound and Marine life Programme aims to identify specific, operationally focused questions that relate to the effects of sound generated by the offshore E & P industry on marine life, and to pursue a research programme that will test scientific hypotheses and produce the data needed to address these questions

Oil spill emergency contacts and oil spill contingency planning tools

JNCC and other agency contact details for oil and chemical spills in the marine environment.

The Coastal and Marine Resource Atlas (CAMRA) is a website tool used for maritime contingency planning and response. By following the online tutorial users can access environmental and other resource datasets covering the UK marine areas and continental shelf.