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Offshore platforms in the UK
The open map layer has 21 offshore platforms in UK waters, most of them in the North Sea, counted on 2 November 2026 from OpenStreetMap. Each has a location, a name where one is mapped, and the operator where OpenStreetMap lists one. How we count.
Hazardous-area classification and field workforce for these sites are in Map Premium.
The 20 named offshore platforms
1 more are mapped in OpenStreetMap without a name. They are in the count and on the map above. Sorted by name. Click a column heading to sort. Names link to the OpenStreetMap record.
| Name | Location | Operator |
|---|---|---|
| 110/13 Hamilton north gas field | 53.646, -3.478 | n/a |
| 110/15 Lennox oil/gas field | 53.631, -3.177 | n/a |
| 110/2A-DPPA North Morecambe gas field | 53.960, -3.672 | n/a |
| 21/10-FB Forties oil field | 57.748, 0.913 | n/a |
| 21/10-FC Forties oil field | 57.726, 0.846 | n/a |
| 21/10-FD Forties oil field | 57.722, 0.902 | n/a |
| 21/10a-FA Forties oil field | 57.732, 0.971 | n/a |
| 21/18 Kittiwake oil field | 57.468, 0.511 | n/a |
| 21/30 Triton oil field | 57.083, 0.891 | n/a |
| 22/11 Nelson oil field | 57.662, 1.145 | n/a |
| 22/30b-A C Shearwater oil field | 57.031, 1.954 | n/a |
| 22/6a-FE Forties oil field | 57.716, 1.031 | n/a |
| BLP Montrose oil field | 57.451, 1.387 | n/a |
| CPP1 110/3 South Morecambe gas field | 53.846, -3.582 | n/a |
| Douglas oil field | 53.683, -3.540 | n/a |
| DP6 110/2 South Morecambe gas field | 53.864, -3.619 | n/a |
| DP8 110/2 South Morecambe gas field | 53.891, -3.624 | n/a |
| EA 1 OSS | 52.249, 2.506 | n/a |
| North Alwyn B | 60.810, 1.733 | TOTAL E&P UK |
| Scott | 58.289, 0.201 | Nexen Petroleum |
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Questions
How many oil rigs are in the North Sea?
The open map layer has 21 offshore platforms in the UK, counted on 2 November 2026 from OpenStreetMap.
Is this a complete list of North Sea platforms?
No. It lists the offshore platforms that volunteers have mapped in OpenStreetMap, which is the free open map layer. Hazardous Area Sites adds sites from official registers and research in its Premium layer, with classification and field workforce.