US Drilling Intelligence, Self-Serve.
No Sales Calls.
Historical well-permit records from 27 configured state sources, plus rig counts, DUC wells, and frac completions as normalized JSON. Check the data frontier for each state before relying on recent activity.
OilPriceAPI ships 2.2M+ historical permit records from 27 configured state sources, plus Baker Hughes rigs, EIA DUC wells and FracFocus completions. State freshness and fields vary by regulator.
US permit coverage — 27 configured state sources
Historical breadth, recent-record activity, and alert readiness are different things. The live panel classifies states only by whether the returned dataset contains a permit dated within its 30-day activity window. That is not a completeness or monitoring-readiness claim.
27 configured state sources
Per-state record dates are temporarily unavailable. These are configured sources only; this fallback does not classify any state as current or alert-ready.
Plus Baker Hughes rig counts, EIA DUC wells, and FracFocus completions — all as normalized JSON.
Query the live permit endpoint
Sign up, copy your key, and make the call. The response includes the source permit dates returned by the selected state feed; this page does not substitute a fabricated sample date.
1. Get your key
Sign up and copy your API key instantly. Free tier, no card required.
2. Make the call
One curl request returns normalized JSON. REST API, standard auth header.
3. Pipe it in
Drop the JSON straight into your model, app, or dashboard. No GUI in the way.
$ curl -H "Authorization: Token YOUR_KEY" \
"https://api.oilpriceapi.com/v1/drilling-intelligence/well-permits?state_code=TX&days=90&per_page=1"This is a free-tier call. Sign up, copy your key, run it.
Try it before you buy it
The free tier returns bounded well-permits for one state, trailing ~90 days — enough to wire it into your model and decide. No card, no demo, no annual contract.
Pricing: Drilling Intelligence is on the Scale plan
Rig counts, DUC wells, frac spreads, and permit endpoints are Drilling Intelligence, included in one tier — Scale.
Scale
or $2,870.40/yr billed annually
- Drilling Intelligence: rig counts, DUC wells, frac spreads, well permits
- 1,000,000 API requests/month
- Futures data and WebSocket real-time
- Dedicated support + Slack
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Focused drilling signals, with explicit limits
The API is programmatic access to drilling signals. It is not presented as a replacement for a full subsurface, land, or production platform.
| Surface | What it provides | Boundary |
|---|---|---|
| Permit API | Normalized historical permit records and record-date metadata from configured state sources | Per-state freshness, fields, and completeness vary |
| Drilling indicators | Rig counts, DUC wells, and frac spreads as time series | Scale plan; weekly or monthly source cadence |
| Not included | Production, logs, title, decline curves, or analyst service | Use the regulator or a broader platform for those jobs |
When OilPriceAPI is the wrong tool
Use Enverus, Rextag, or S&P Commodity Insights if you need production data, well logs, decline/type curves, GIS/land-title workflows, or a dedicated analyst. We don't do those, and we won't pretend to. Come to OilPriceAPI when you want clean permit / rig / completion data in your pipeline today through a focused self-serve API.
Frequently asked questions
What drilling data does OilPriceAPI cover?
The historical permit database contains 2.2M+ records from 27 configured state sources. OilPriceAPI also provides Baker Hughes rig counts, EIA DUC wells, and FracFocus completions as normalized JSON over a REST API.
How fresh is the permit data?
Freshness and completeness vary by regulator. The coverage panel reports each state's latest permit-record date and recent-record activity; configured check cadence or a successful fetch is not presented as source-data freshness or alert readiness.
Can I try it without a sales call?
Yes — the free tier returns bounded well-permits (one state, trailing ~90 days). No card, no demo, no annual contract.
What is NOT included?
Production volumes, well logs, decline/type curves, GIS/mapping, and land/title — those belong to Enverus, Rextag, and S&P Commodity Insights. We ship drilling-activity signals only.
How fast can I get data versus an enterprise platform?
About 30 seconds with OilPriceAPI (self-serve sign-up → API key → first call), versus a typical multi-week demo-and-procurement cycle.
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