Two schemes aimed at making data in the North Sea easier to access have been awarded a total funding of £107,000.
The Regulators’ Pioneer Fund is providing the financial support to the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) for two workstreams, one of which includes creating an enhanced Geospatial Data Viewer that is intended to help users by bringing together datasets from multiple government agencies in one place.
The second will create an AI chatbot to help users navigate NSTA’s Open Data and National Data Repository portals, with potential future expansions to other platforms.
The chatbot is expected to provide reliable responsess to research queries.
The workstreams will be assessed in April 2026 and are expected to make information more accessible to users who will be able to reach better decisions about a range of potential North Sea projects.
A Digital Strategy Group (DSG) was set up following the publication of the Digitalising Offshore Energy Systems report which called on the oil and gas and renewables sectors to work together to use the North Sea to its full capacity and cut emissions to meet net zero targets.
Nic Granger, NSTA Chief Information and Financial Officer and Chair of the Offshore Energy Digital Strategy Group, said: “Good decision-making requires easy access to reliable information. The NSTA and our partners in the DSG each have huge resources of high-quality data and we are dedicated to sharing it as widely as possible.
“The North Sea is a resource which can contribute to a strong economy, energy security, the drive to reach net zero and much more and achieving those goals is supported by these projects.”
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