Line GWAL-10-201 is the latest onshore seismic line to the archived and released through UKOGL.

GWAL-10-201 is a 5.37km 2D seismic line located in East Yorkshire recorded in 2010, the archive is comprised of Pre and Post Stack data, supporting acquisition data and a full digital navigation data set.

GWAL-10-201 was recorded as a 2D test line prior to the shooting of the Walkinton-11 3D onshore seismic survey to the NW.

In line with OGA defined confidentiality periods, all seismic surveys as shot in 2010/2011 are now released into the public domain. This covers a total of 53 2D lines (5 surveys) as acquired over the Weald, the East Midlands and north east Yorkshire and 1 3D Survey acquired over north Humberside.

Previews of all lines are now available through the UKOGL Map.

UKOGL have recently embarked on a major project, in support of the British Geological Survey, to compile a fully reconciled digital Post Stack archive of Coal Authority seismic surveys, along with a definitive master catalogue of this geophysical data as acquired by the National Coal Board (NCB) and its successor, the British Coal Corporation (BCC).

Even though the project is in its early stages, UKOGL is able to make this data available for selection and purchase through the On-Line Map, although there may be a short time lag to supply surveys not on the shelf at time of request. Over time, as the archive is completed, the list of surveys will be refined and high resolution JPEG images added to the website.

This coverage, detailed in red below, offers a valuable infill to the UKOGL archive of data recorded by Exploration Companies.

The BP survey ( BP842DL027) recorded in 1984 has recently been added to the UKOGL archive. This survey consists of 25 2D seismic lines (totaling 288km in length) and consists of both Pre & Post stack data, SP navigation, scanned hard copy images and supporting acquisition data.

BP 1984 Firth of Clyde 2D seismic Survey

The survey is located in the Firth of Clyde but was recorded by BP over their Licence: PL262

Location of the 1984 BP Licence PL262 in the Firth of Clyde.

For more information about this or any of the other surveys or data available from UKOGL, please contact us here

A new regional profile, UKOGL-RG-07 has been compiled and loaded to the UKOGL Map.

The line, a  SSW-NNE profile extending from near Newport, on the Bristol Channel, through the Lower Paleozoic basins of the Welsh Borderlands into the Upper Paleozoic basins of Shropshire and Staffordshire, where it intersects with Profiles UKOGL-RG-005 and UKOGL-RG-006.

The free high resolution JPEG images of the 254km line are available as colour and grey scale versions and the digital SEGY data is available under licence for this regional profile at the standard rate of £1000.00 / profile. (Please contact UKOGL for more details.)

A detailed overview of the line and an interpreted version will be added to the website in the near future.

In January, UKOGL chaired a discussion group at the Geological Society, to share knowledge of the deep geology of the onshore UK and to discuss new insights that had been raised with the production by UKOGL of a series regional seismic transects across the main landward basins.

The meeting was attended by:
Malcolm Butler (UKOGL), Chris Pullan (UKOGL-Celtique), Gary Kirby (UKOGL-ex BGS), Dorothy Satterfield (UKOGL-University Of Derby), Toni Harvey (DECC), Nigel Smith (BGS), Tim Pharaoh (BGS), John Underhill (Heriot-Watt University), Rachel Jamieson (Heriot-Watt University) and Ian Roche (Aurora).

Photograph by kind permission of Professor John Underhill. Any similarities to John Cooke’s 1915 painting ‘Piltdown Gang’ in the background is purely coincidental.

With the turning of the year, 1 additional seismic survey has been released into the public domain and is now available to view through the UKOGL web map.

2009 2D survey as acquired by Hurricane west of Perth.