New York Drilling Permits
New York banned hydraulic fracturing in 2014. Only conventional vertical wells are permitted. The Marcellus Shale lies beneath southern NY but is off-limits to development.
All Time
As of July 2, 2026
Recent Activity
As of July 2, 2026
Year over Year
Find Wells Near You in New York
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Major Basins in New York
Appalachian Basin
View Appalachian Basin rig count →Data Source
Data Coverage
1864-01-01 to 2026-07-02
Source Check Schedule
Configured weekly
Last successful check: August 31, 2026. This is separate from the permit-record date.
Access This Data via API
Access New York well permit data programmatically. Historical data, trends, and more.
/v1/drilling-intelligence/well-permits?state=NYcurl -X GET "https://api.oilpriceapi.com/v1/drilling-intelligence/well-permits?state=NY"
Sample Response
{
"data": {
"state": "New York",
"state_code": "NY",
"total_permits": 46190,
"last_30_days": 0,
"last_365_days": 35,
"year_over_year_change": "-39.7%",
"top_operators": []
},
"meta": {
"source": "New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)",
"data_as_of": "2026-07-02",
"source_checked_at": "2026-08-31T03:45:16Z",
"configured_check_cadence": "weekly"
}
}New York Drilling Permit FAQs
New York has 46,190 historical drilling permits in the returned dataset, with 0 records in its latest 30-day calculation. The latest returned permit date is July 2, 2026. The configured weekly source-check schedule is not a guarantee that the dataset is current to the regulator.
New York includes the Appalachian Basin basin. New York banned hydraulic fracturing in 2014. Only conventional vertical wells are permitted. The Marcellus Shale lies beneath southern NY but is off-limits to development.
Operator data for New York is available via our API.
Official permit data comes from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) (https://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/205.html). OilPriceAPI aggregates this data and provides it via API with historical trends and operator analytics.
Weekly Drilling Report
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