Oil and Gas (Exploration and Production) Data

All technical data that are obtained under petroleum authorisations issued by the Minister must be reported to the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment, who manages and maintains the National Repository of such data. This Repository includes data from wells (including geological samples), geophysical surveys and technical studies.

In order to assist effective petroleum exploration, DCEE makes this data available publicly, as soon as the confidentiality period has expired.

Further information regarding data confidentiality can be found in our Licensing Terms for Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration, Development and Production.

In June 2014 the confidentiality period for all new speculative and multi seismic data acquired in the entire Irish offshore area was increased to ten years.

For access to well, seismic and gravity/magnetic data, please contact gsro@dcee.gov.ie

For further information on technical studies, access to well samples or any other data queries, please contact gsro@dcee.gov.ie

For information on petroleum exploration and production activity in Ireland and available technical data visit our Exploration Database (IPAS).

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You can find information on maps here.

The IPAS database embedded map viewer is currently under maintenance. A standalone IPAS map viewer is available in the meantime.