California Oil & Gas Well Permit Leads — CalGEM

See where California operators are preparing to drill, rework, deepen, sidetrack, or abandon wells. This Actor automatically converts the newest official CalGEM weekly workbook into searchable operator and well-activity leads—ready for CSV, Excel, JSON, API, or CRM workflows.

The Actor automatically discovers the newest CalGEM Excel workbook and extracts Notices of Intention and issued permits for new drilling, rework, redrilling, deepening, sidetracking, abandonment, and re-abandonment.

Why this data matters

Well activity creates time-sensitive demand for field services, equipment, engineering, environmental work, plugging and abandonment, remediation, transportation, inspection, insurance, and compliance support. Weekly notices provide an early signal; issued permits provide a stronger near-term activity signal.

Built for

• oilfield service and equipment companies
• environmental, engineering, and compliance consultants
• plugging, abandonment, remediation, and reclamation contractors
• insurers, infrastructure providers, logistics teams, and market analysts
• recurring operator-monitoring feeds and AI-agent workflows

What makes it useful

• Automatically finds the newest official weekly workbook.
• Supports the latest week or current year-to-date report.
• Separates submitted notices from issued permits.
• Normalizes new-drill, rework, deepen, sidetrack, abandon, and re-abandon activity.
• Filters by activity, operator, district, field, and well type.
• Includes stable well and permit identifiers for deduplication.

Example

{
  "recordTypes": ["notices-submitted", "permits-issued"],
  "permitTypes": ["new-drill", "rework", "abandon"],
  "district": "Central",
  "reportScope": "latest-week",
  "maxItems": 500
}

Output

Each item can include the operator, activity and permit type, permit number, well designation, API number, district, field, well type, section/township/range, report date, and a simple opportunity score. Issued permits receive a modest score premium over submitted notices; scores prioritize new drilling, rework, and abandonment events.

Source and limitations

The source is the California Geologic Energy Management Division's official weekly application and permit workbook. CalGEM notes that an issued permit does not necessarily correspond to a new well because permits also cover abandonment, rework, deepening, and other activity.

The workbook identifies the operator but generally does not contain sales contacts. It should be combined with operator websites, CRM enrichment, or other lawful business-data sources for outreach. This Actor is independently maintained and is not affiliated with or endorsed by CalGEM or the State of California.