California activity
Using California’s latest reports to plan well work
Updated state reports provide a place to start when reviewing regional activity and upcoming jobs.
ThermalTech editorial ·
What was updated
CalGEM’s permit page lists the September 20–26 weekly report. It also marks its year-to-date permit report, Kern County SB 237 report and drill tracker as updated September 28. Those dates place the tracker update inside this issue’s weekly research window.
Read the activity category
CalGEM’s permit definitions distinguish new drilling, rework, abandonment, re-abandonment, deepening and sidetracking. The agency explains that permit totals do not directly indicate an increase in the number of wells, because the permits cover different activities.
Make the report useful for your team
A practical planning discussion can start with the field or area of interest, the type of work and the questions the team still needs answered. Decide which records are relevant before drawing a conclusion from a headline total. For an individual job, consult its applicable approval and permit conditions.
Scope of this update
This article reports the update dates and categories visible on CalGEM’s page. The linked weekly PDF could not be retrieved during the research run, so no permit counts, activity trend or operator-specific conclusion is presented. The reports remain a starting point for further review.
Sources and further reading
Published: Date not stated
Event: Trackers marked updated 2026-09-28; weekly report covers 2026-09-20 through 2026-09-26
Checked: 2026-10-01