Emodnet_HA_Active_Licences_20160713engutf8datasetCogea srllfalco@cogea.itpointOfContact2019-05-08ISO191152003/Cor.1:2006EPSG:4326ISO 19108 calendarEMODnet Human Activities, Hydrocarbn Extraction, Active Licences2014-06-30publication2018-05-08revision2014-06-24creationEmodnet_HA_HE_Active_Licences_20190508The geodatabase on offshore hydrocarbon licences in the EU was created in 2014 by Cogea for the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet). It is the result of the aggregation and harmonization of datasets provided by several EU and non-EU sources. It is updated every year, and is available for viewing and download on EMODnet - Human Activities web portal (www.emodnet-humanactivities.eu). The database contains polygons representing active offshore licences for hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation in the following countries: Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain and UK. Where available each polygon has the following attributes: country, code, name, type (exploration, exploitation), licensing round (it includes also pending applications in France and Spain), area (square km), area info (it indicates if the area value is original from the source or has been calculated), starting year, ending year, operator. Compared with the previous release, note that Portuguese licences are not included because they all expired last year.Cogea srllfalco@cogea.itapititto@cogea.itauthorSpain - Ministry of Energy, Tourism and Digital Agenda - Hydrocarbons Departmentjlcabo@minetad.esmhenche@minetad.esresourceProviderMalta - Ministry for Transport and Infrastructure - Continental Shelf Departmentcharles.a.galea@gov.mtresourceProviderFrance - Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire - Direction Générale de l'Énergie et du Climat (DGEC)dgec-2a@developpement-durable.gouv.frresourceProviderIreland - Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resourcespadadmin@dcenr.ieUK - Department of Energy & Climate Changejohn.seabourn@decc.gsi.gov.ukGIS-Team@ogauthority.co.ukPhil.Harrison@decc.gsi.gov.ukCroatia - Croatian Hydrocarbon Agencytatjana.durn@azu.hrivana.butorac@azu.hrbarbara.doric@azu.hrresourceProviderPoland - Polish Geological Institutewpac@pgi.gov.plresourceProviderNorway - OljedirektoratetFactWeb@npd.noresourceProviderNetherlands - Rijkswaterstaat Noordzee and TNOrico.tonis@tno.nlresourceProviderDenmark - Energistyrelsenrk@ens.dkyde@ens.dkresourceProviderItaly - Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico - Direzione Generale per le risorse Minerarie ed Energetichenicola.santocchi@mise.gov.itresourceProviderPortugal - ENMC - Entidade Nacional para o Mercado de Combustíveisjosemiguel.martins@dgeg.ptbruno.duarte@enmc.ptjmm@enmc.ptresourceProviderGermany - Landesamt für Bergbau, Energie und GeologieHans-Juergen.Brauner@lbeg.niedersachsen.deresourceProviderEnergy resourcesArea management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting unitsGEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.02012-07-20revisionenergyGEMET - Themes, version 2.42010-01-13publicationhydrocarbonoil explorationoil extractionoffshore drillingoil production (chain)non-renewable energy resourcenatural gas extractionnatural gas explorationGEMET - Concepts, version 3.12012-07-20revisionRe-use of content for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the sources (both EMODnet - Human Activities, and primary sources) are acknowledged. EMODnet - Human Activities accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the re-use of content accessible on its website.otherRestrictionsno limitationvector100000engplanningCadastreutilitiesCommunication-10.5834.5934.5670.09unknownunknown0http://www.emodnet-humanactivities.euEMODnet Human ActivitiesEMODnet Human Activities aims to facilitate access to existing marine data on activities carried out in EU waters, by building a single entry point for geographic information on human uses of the ocean. The portal makes available information such as geographical position, spatial extent of a series of activities related to the sea, their temporal variation, time when data was provided, and attributes to indicate the intensity of each activity. The data are aggregated and presented so as to preserve personal privacy and commercially-sensitive information. The data also include a time interval so that historic as well as current activities can be included.downloaddatasetCOMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata2008-12-04publicationSee the referenced specificationtrueCommission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services2010-12-08publicationSee the referenced specificationCorrigendum to INSPIRE Metadata Regulation published in the Official Journal of the European Union, L 328, page 832009-12-15publicationSee the referenced specificationtrueData were retrived from 12 different sources. Validation and quality assurance remain up to primary data sources, while harmonization is carried out by Cogea. The harmonisation process consisted of identifying a set of attributes common to all the different datasets, thus creating a single data model. To do so, it was necessary to define a homogenous set of variables for each attribute. Therefore, raw data attributes may use a different terminology, although the information contained remains basically the same. For further information on validation and quality assurance, it is suggested that primary data sources are contacted. Generally speaking data are to be considered very reliable, because they come from national sources officially in charge for their collection. Data on licenses in Poland were digitized from an hard copy map. In Spain, Gaviota is a storage licence (almacenamiento) that was harmonized as'other' type. When areas had to be calculated we used as much as possible the original projected coordinate system of the raw data or the UTM-WGS84 zone that the national data falls in.