UK
Methane
Map
An interactive map of every onshore oil and gas site, orphan well, major petrochemical plant and gathering station in the UK — layered with OGI evidence, FOI data, CAR forms and citizen science investigations.
FracTracker Alliance is a US-based non-profit that studies, maps and communicates the impacts of oil and gas development. We are working together to build a world-class interactive mapping platform for UK onshore fossil fuel infrastructure — bringing their expertise in data visualisation and emissions mapping to the UK context for the first time.
Every layer of the map is built from real data — regulatory records, FOI responses, OGI survey footage, and citizen science investigations. Nothing is modelled or estimated.
All onshore producing sites, exploration licences, and decommissioned sites. Operator details, permit status, NSTA licence data and production history.
Wells with no active operator — a growing liability and source of unmonitored methane emissions. Locations, age, last inspection date and regulatory status.
Seven years of optical gas imaging footage from WAG and CATF surveys. Confirmed emissions events, locations, dates and source equipment.
Compliance Assessment Report data obtained through FOI. Self-reported emissions figures, venting and flaring volumes, and EA inspection records.
Major processing facilities including Mossmorran, Stanlow and Fawley — with emissions permit data, incident records and proximity to communities.
Live data from the Citizens Investigate Methane project — FOI requests submitted, responses received, compliance gaps identified and sites under active investigation.
ExxonMobil's Mossmorran facility has been the subject of repeated community complaints over flaring and air quality. One of the largest petrochemical sites in Scotland, processing natural gas liquids from the North Sea.
One of the UK's largest oil refineries, operated by Essar Oil. Processes approximately 12 million tonnes of crude oil per year. A significant source of VOCs and methane-related emissions in the North West.
ExxonMobil's Fawley refinery on Southampton Water is the largest in the UK by throughput. Home to extensive petrochemical operations and a significant source of industrial emissions on the Solent.
The site at the centre of the landmark Finch on behalf of Weald Action Group v Surrey County Council Supreme Court case. OGI surveys have detected methane emissions from the wellhead and associated infrastructure.
Hundreds of wells across England have no active operator. Many are decades old, poorly documented and unmaintained — representing a diffuse but significant source of unmonitored methane emissions with no clear regulatory owner.
The UK's onshore production is concentrated in two main regions. The Weald Basin in southern England and the East Midlands fields contain the majority of producing wells — all covered by WAG's seven-year OGI survey programme.