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SB 406 Implementation Legislative Report

​Offshore Oil and Gas Operations Abandonment Report (SB 1147)

This report regarding the cost of decommissioning offshore oil operations in California was prepared in response to Senate Bill (SB)1147 (Hertzberg, Ch. 607, Statutes of 2018), which created Public Resources Code Section 3205.6 requiring the State Oil and Gas Supervisor of the Department of Conservation's California Geological Energy Management Division (CalGEM), in close consultation with the State Lands Commission, to estimate the costs necessary to decommission, plug, and abandon all oil and gas wells in state waters, and compare these estimated costs with current industry-provided financial surety levels.

• ​​Offshore Oil & Gas Operations Abandonment Report – January 31, 2022​​​​​ (PDF)

​Witnessing R​​​eport (SB 854)

​This report satisfies the legislative report requirements of Senate Bill 854 (Ch. 51, Statutes of 2018), by providing information relating to operations that are required or authorized to be witnessed by the CalGEM. ​

• Annual Report: Reporting Period: January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2022 (PDF)
• ​​Attachment 1 Legislative Report Data 2021 Shall Witness Remote Witnessed​ (excel spreadsheet download)
• ​Attachment 2 Legislative Report Data 2022 Shall Witness Remote Witnessed​ (excel spreadsheet download)​
• ​Annual Report: Reporting period January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020​ (PDF)
• ​​Annual Report: Reporting period January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019​ (PDF)​
• ​​​Annual Report: Reporting period J​anuary 1, 2018 - Dec​ember 31, 2018​ (PDF)​

Idle Well Program Report (AB 2729)

This report satisfies the legislative report requirements of Assembly Bill 2729 (Williams, 2016). 

Department of Conservation Idle Well Program Report​​

• ​​January 1, 2021-December 31, 202​1 (PDF)​
• ​2021 ​​​Appendix A-1 2020 Calendar Year Idle Well Inven​tory​​​
• 2021 Appendix A-2 Idle Wells that Changed Status from Idle to Long-Term Idle Well​​
• 2021 Appendix A-3 Idle Wells that Changed Status from Idle to Plugged​
• 2021 Appendix A-4 Idle Wells that Changed Status from Idle to Active
• 2021 Appendix A-5 Operators with 2020 IWMPs & Current Status​
• 2021 Appendix A-6 Idle Wells Declared to be Orphan
• 2021 Appendix A-7 Idle Wells Determined to be Deserted or Potentially Deserted​​​
• 2021 Appendix A-8 Production Facility Violations Attendant to Long-Term Idle Wells
• 2021 Appendix A-9 Wells idle for three years for which the idle well fees have not been paid​​​​​
  
  
• ​ January 1, 2020-December 31, 2020 (PDF)​​​​
• ​​2020 Appendix A-1 2019 Calendar Year Idle Well Inventory​​​​
• ​2020 Appendix A-2 Idle Wells that Changed Status from Idle to Long-Term Idle Well​
• 2020 Appendix A-3 Idle Wells that Changed Status from Idle to Plugged
• 2020 Appendix A-4 Idle Wells that Changed Status from Idle to Active
• 2020 Appendix A-5 Operators with 2020 IWMPs & Current Status​
• 2020 Appendix A-6 Idle Wells Declared to be Orphan
• 2020 Appendix A-7 Idle Wells Determined to be Deserted or Potentially Deserted​
• 2020 Appendix A-8 Public Resources Code section 3206 (PDF)
• 2020 Appendix A-9 Public Resources Code section 3237 (PDF)​

• ​January 1, 2019-December 31, 2019 (PDF)​
• ​​​2019 Appendix A-1 2019 Calendar Year Idle Well Inventory
• 2019 Appendix A-2 Idle Wells that Changed Status from Idle to Long-Term Idle Well
• 2019 Appendix A-3 Idle Wells that Changed Status from Idle to Plugged
• 2019 Appendix A-4 Idle Wells that Changed Status from Idle to Active
• 2019 Appendix A-5 Idle Wells Determined to be Deserted or Potentially Deserted
• 2019 Appendix A-6 Idle Wells Declared to be Orphan
• 2019 Appendix A-7 Operators with 2019 IWMPs & Current Status
• 2019 Appendix A-8 Public Resources Code section 3206
• 2019 Appendix A-9 Public Resources Code section 3237​
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• ​ January 1, 2018−December 31, 2018 (HTML)
• ​January 1, 2018−December 31, 2018​​ (PDF)​ ​

​Underground Injection Control Reports​ (SB 855, SB 83, SB 1493)

These reports satisfy the legislative report requirements of Senate Bill 855 (2010), Senate Bill 83 (Ch. 24, Statutes of 2015) and Senate Bill 1493 (Ch. 742, Statutes of 2018), by providing permitting and program assessment information for the Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program.​

• ​UIC Report: Reporting Period: April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025​​​​ (PDF)
• UIC Report: Reporting Period: April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024​​​​ (PDF)​
• UIC Report: Reporting Period: A​pril 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023​​​ (PDF)
• UIC Report: Reporting period April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022​ (PDF)​​​​
• UIC Report: Reporting period April 1, 2020 - March 31, 2021​​ (PDF)
• UIC Report: Reporting period April 1, 2019 - M​arch 31, 2020 (PDF)
• UIC Report: Reporting period October 1, 2018 - March 31, 2019 (PDF)
• UIC Report: Reporting period April 1, 2018 - September 30, 2018 (PDF)
• UIC Report: Reporting period October 1, 2017 - March 30, 2018 (PDF) 
• UIC Report: Reporting period 2011-2014 (PDF)

Well Stimulation Treatment Annual Report (SB 4)

The Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) submits annual reports on its Well Stimulation Treatment (WST) regulatory program, as required under Senate Bill 4 (Pavley, 2013), to the state Legislature.​

• ​Annual Report: Reporting period January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023​​​ (PDF)
  
• Annual Report: ​Reporting period January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022​ (PDF)
• Annual Report: Reporting period January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021​ (PDF)​​​
• Annual Report: Reporting period January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020​ (PDF)
• Annual Report: Reporting period January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019 ​(PDF)​
• Annual Report: Reporting period January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018​ (PDF)​
• An​nual Report: Reporting period July 1, 2016 - December 31, 2017 (PDF)

• ​2017 Annual Report Summary (PDF)
• Annual Report: Reporting period July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016​ (PDF)​
• Annual Report: Reporting p​eriod January 1, 2014 - September 30, 2015​​ (PDF)​