# Brent & Beyond

> Free, non-commercial interactive map and data on North Sea energy from 1975 to today: UK, Norwegian, Dutch and Danish oil and gas production by field and month, Brent prices, HMRC receipts, offshore wind and tidal, platform fabrication yards, UK onshore shale, European gas storage and where Europe's oil comes from. Built by Hugh Mackenzie in Aberdeen. Data last refreshed 2026-10-17.

Coverage: UK fields (NSTA PPRS, Jun 1975 to Jul 2026, latest month provisional); Norway (Sodir, from 1971); Netherlands (NLOG, monthly from 2003); Denmark (DEA, monthly from 2024, yearly before); EU-27 and UK oil imports by origin (Eurostat, HMRC, to Jun 2026 / Aug 2026); 134 European gas storage sites (GIE). Units: kboe/d with gas at 5.8 Mscf/boe; imports in thousand tonnes; storage in TWh.

## Key pages
- [Map (interactive)](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/)
- [Countries](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/country/)
- [UK](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/country/uk/)
- [Norway](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/country/norway/)
- [Netherlands](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/country/netherlands/)
- [Denmark](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/country/denmark/)
- [Monthly summary](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/monthly/)
- [What changed](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/changes/)
- [Where Europe's oil comes from](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/europe-imports/)
- [European gas storage](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/gas-storage/)
- [All fields, shale basins and yards](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/explore/)
- [Open data downloads](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/data/)
- [For AI assistants](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/ai/)

## Data downloads
- [United Kingdom oil and gas production by field and month](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/data/download/fields_monthly_uk.csv): CSV, licence: NSTA User Agreement: non-commercial use only
- [United Kingdom field production (JSON)](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/data/download/fields_monthly_uk.json): JSON, licence: NSTA User Agreement: non-commercial use only
- [Norway oil and gas production by field and month](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/data/download/fields_monthly_no.csv): CSV, licence: Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD) 2.0
- [Norway field production (JSON)](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/data/download/fields_monthly_no.json): JSON, licence: Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD) 2.0
- [Netherlands oil and gas production by field and month](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/data/download/fields_monthly_nl.csv): CSV, licence: NLOG terms: free to copy, distribute and edit with NLOG.NL named as the source; field outlines also CC0 1.0 (data.overheid.nl)
- [Netherlands field production (JSON)](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/data/download/fields_monthly_nl.json): JSON, licence: NLOG terms: free to copy, distribute and edit with NLOG.NL named as the source; field outlines also CC0 1.0 (data.overheid.nl)
- [Denmark oil and gas production by field and month](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/data/download/fields_monthly_dk.csv): CSV, licence: DEA data policy: free to copy with the Danish Energy Agency named as source; content must not be altered or distorted. No formal open licence; units converted here (flagged).
- [Denmark field production (JSON)](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/data/download/fields_monthly_dk.json): JSON, licence: DEA data policy: free to copy with the Danish Energy Agency named as source; content must not be altered or distorted. No formal open licence; units converted here (flagged).
- [Monthly oil and gas production by country (UK, Norway, Netherlands, Denmark)](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/data/download/country_totals_monthly.csv): CSV, licence: Mixed: NSTA non-commercial; NLOD 2.0; NLOG terms; DEA data policy (flagged)
- [Europe oil imports by origin and month (EU-27 and UK)](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/data/download/europe_oil_imports_monthly.csv): CSV, licence: Eurostat copyright policy (reuse with attribution); HMRC data under the Open Government Licence v3.0
- [Europe oil imports by origin (JSON, with EU-27 balance and statistical difference)](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/data/download/europe_oil_imports_monthly.json): JSON, licence: Eurostat copyright policy (reuse with attribution); HMRC data under the Open Government Licence v3.0
- [European underground gas storage sites](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/data/download/gas_storage_sites.csv): CSV, licence: GIE publishes the database openly for reuse; no formal open licence stated (credit "Source: GIE"). Positions: OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL), approximate
- [European gas storage sites (JSON)](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/data/download/gas_storage_sites.json): JSON, licence: GIE publishes the database openly for reuse; no formal open licence stated (credit "Source: GIE"). Positions: OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL), approximate
- [UK offshore wind capacity by quarter](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/data/download/uk_offshore_wind_capacity_quarterly.csv): CSV, licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DESNZ, Crown Estate Scotland); TCE Open Data Licence (GIS) v1.1 (The Crown Estate)
- [UK offshore wind lease sites](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/data/download/uk_offshore_wind_sites.csv): CSV, licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DESNZ, Crown Estate Scotland); TCE Open Data Licence (GIS) v1.1 (The Crown Estate)
- [UK offshore wind and tidal (JSON)](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/data/download/wind_tidal.json): JSON, licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (DESNZ, Crown Estate Scotland); TCE Open Data Licence (GIS) v1.1 (The Crown Estate)

## API and MCP
JSON API (read-only, CORS *, cached 1 h, about 300 requests an hour per IP):
- https://www.brentandbeyond.com/api/v1/fields?country=uk|no|nl|dk&q=name
- https://www.brentandbeyond.com/api/v1/field/{id}?from=YYYYMM&to=YYYYMM   (ids like uk-forties, no-troll, nl-groningen, dk-tyra)
- https://www.brentandbeyond.com/api/v1/country/{uk|no|nl|dk}
- https://www.brentandbeyond.com/api/v1/imports?importer=eu|uk&product=crude|products&month=YYYYMM
- https://www.brentandbeyond.com/api/v1/storage?country=DE&id=nl-norg

Remote MCP server (read-only, Streamable HTTP, JSON-RPC 2.0, no auth): https://www.brentandbeyond.com/mcp
Tools: search_fields(query, country?), get_field_production(id, from?, to?), get_country_summary(country), get_europe_imports(importer?, product?, month?), get_gas_storage(country?, id?, limit?).
Every result carries source, licence and credit fields; please pass them on.

## Licence and citation
Site text and compilation: free to quote with a link. Underlying data keeps its upstream licence: UK field data NSTA User Agreement (non-commercial use only); Norway NLOD 2.0; Netherlands NLOG terms; Denmark DEA data policy (no formal open licence); Eurostat reuse policy; HMRC, DESNZ and Crown Estate Scotland under OGL v3.0; The Crown Estate TCE Open Data Licence; GIE storage database (no formal licence; credit GIE).
Cite as: Brent & Beyond (Hugh Mackenzie), North Sea energy data, https://www.brentandbeyond.com/, accessed <date>. Underlying data: NSTA, Sodir, NLOG, DEA, Eurostat, HMRC, GIE, DESNZ, The Crown Estate, Crown Estate Scotland (see each file's licence).

## Optional
- [Full text for LLMs](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/llms-full.txt)
- [Changelog](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Sitemap](https://www.brentandbeyond.com/sitemap.xml)