diff --git a/lofarquery_lta.py b/lofarquery_lta.py
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+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine, schema
+from configparser import ConfigParser
+import logging
+import os.path, os
+from typing import *
+import pandas
+
+CONNECTION_STRING = 'oracle+cx_oracle://{user}:{password}@db.lofar.target.rug.nl/?service_name=db.lofar.target.rug.nl'
+DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATHS = ('~/.config/lofarquery/config.ini', '~/.awe/Environment.cfg')
+DEFAULT_QUERY = '''
+SELECT FILEOBJECT.OBJECT_ID AS OBJECT_ID,
+       O.OBSERVATIONID AS SASID,
+       C2.STARTTIME AS STARTTIME,
+       C2.ENDTIME AS ENDTIME,
+       C2.DURATION AS DURATION,
+       SUP.BEAMNUMBER AS BEAMNUMBER,
+       C2.STATIONSUBBAND AS SUBBAND,
+       O.INSTRUMENTFILTER AS FILTER,
+       O.ANTENNASET AS ANTENNASET,
+       P.RIGHTASCENSION AS RIGHTASCENSION,
+       P.DECLINATION AS DECLINATION,
+       SA.STATION_NAME AS STATIONS,
+       C2.CENTRALFREQUENCY AS CENTRALFREQUENCY,
+       STR.PRIMARY_URL AS PRIMARY_URL,
+       STR.SECONDARY_URL AS SECONDARY_URL FROM AWOPER.FILEOBJECT JOIN
+    AWOPER.STORAGETICKETRESOURCE STR ON FILEOBJECT.STORAGE_TICKET_RESOURCE=STR.OBJECT_ID JOIN
+    AWOPER.STORAGETICKET ST ON ST.OBJECT_ID=STR.TICKET JOIN
+    AWOPER.CORRELATEDDATAPRODUCT C2 on FILEOBJECT.DATA_OBJECT = C2.OBJECT_ID JOIN
+    AWOPER.SUBARRAYPOINTING SUP ON SUP.OBJECT_ID = C2.SUBARRAYPOINTING JOIN
+    AWOPER.POINTING P ON P.OBJECT_ID = SUP.POINTING JOIN
+    AWOPER.OBSERVATION O ON C2.OBSERVATION = O.OBJECT_ID JOIN
+    (SELECT O$S.OBJECT_ID  AS OID, LISTAGG(S.NAME, ',') WITHIN GROUP ( ORDER BY S.NAME) AS STATION_NAME FROM
+                                      AWOPER.OBSERVATION$STATIONS O$S JOIN
+                                      AWOPER.STATION S on O$S.COLUMN_VALUE = S.OBJECT_ID GROUP BY O$S.OBJECT_ID) SA ON SA.OID = O.OBJECT_ID
+    WHERE FILEOBJECT.DATA_OBJECT$ = 'CorrelatedDataProduct' and FILEOBJECT.ISVALID >= 1 ORDER BY SASID, BEAMNUMBER, SUBBAND
+'''
+logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s: %(message)s')
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('LOFAR generator')
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    parser = ArgumentParser(description='Query the LTA to obtain the dataproduct list')
+    parser.add_argument('--config', help='configuration file where the credentials are stored', default='')
+    parser.add_argument('outfile', help='where to store the queried table')
+    parser.add_argument('--verbose', help='set verbose logging level', action='store_true')
+    parser.add_argument('--chunk_size', help='save data in the csv in chunks of rows', default=1000)
+
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def create_db_engine(user: str, password: str):
+    connection_string: str = CONNECTION_STRING.format(user=user, password=password)
+
+    return create_engine(connection_string)
+
+
+def read_user_credentials(file_paths: str) -> Dict:
+    parser = ConfigParser()
+    parser.read(file_paths)
+    credentials = {'user': parser['global']['database_user'], 'password': parser['global']['database_password']}
+    return credentials
+
+
+def find_config_file(config_file_path: str):
+    if config_file_path:
+        if os.path.exists(config_file_path):
+            return [config_file_path]
+        else:
+            logging.warning('Cannot find configuration file %s: using default...', config_file_path)
+
+    for path in DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATHS:
+        expanded_path = os.path.expandvars(os.path.expanduser(path))
+        if os.path.exists(expanded_path):
+            return expanded_path
+    else:
+        logging.error('Cannot find a configuration file please specify one')
+        raise SystemExit(1)
+
+
+def setup_logging(is_debug):
+    if is_debug:
+        logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    else:
+        logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+
+def perform_query(db_engine, path_to_store, chunk_size=1000):
+    iterator = pandas.read_sql_query(DEFAULT_QUERY, db_engine, chunksize=chunk_size)
+
+    if os.path.exists(path_to_store):
+        logging.debug('older file found removing...')
+        os.remove(path_to_store)
+
+    for chunk_id, chunk in enumerate(iterator):
+        logger.info('received chunk %s of %s rows', chunk_id, chunk_size)
+        chunk.to_csv(path_to_store, mode='a', header=True if chunk_id is 0 else False)
+
+
+def main():
+    args = parse_args()
+    setup_logging(args.verbose)
+    config_file = find_config_file(args.config)
+
+    logger.debug('retrieving user credentials')
+    credentials = read_user_credentials(config_file)
+    logger.debug('credentials found')
+    logger.debug('creating database database connection')
+    engine = create_db_engine(**credentials)
+    logger.debug('database connection established')
+    logger.info('performing query')
+    perform_query(engine, args.outfile, chunk_size=args.chunk_size)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4b8a1625cbb7e813b8fbb73c4c5cf7ef257d7606..35a395952984e5b35d1ba18d4186c4946fbe2d0e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ pyuvwsim==1.1
 scikit-learn==0.22
 scipy==1.4.1
 sklearn==0.0
-pandas
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+pandas
+sqlalchemy
+cx_Oracle
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