Welcome to the NWAG Website.

What is NWAG?

The North West Approaches Group (NWAG) is an oil & gas industry project, formed in 1986.  The Group consists of 9 international oil companies and the UK Health & Safety Executive (HSE).  Its mission is:

NWAG area of interest
to improve understanding of the physical environment (particularly currents) in the area to the North and West of the UK; and
to assist in developing meteorological and oceanographic (‘metocean’) criteria in support of seismic exploration, drilling, operational planning and engineering design