CalGEM WellSTAR

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California oil & gas wells, facilities, incidents, and notices from the CalGEM WellSTAR GIS service.

What is CalGEM WellSTAR?

Query California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) WellSTAR data via ArcGIS MapServer REST. Search wells by operator, county, field, district, status, or bounding box. Get well details by API number, count wells matching filters, search by radius, and browse facilities, incidents, and regulatory notices. Free public government GIS data, no authentication required.

Available Tools

searchWells
Search California wells by operator, county, field, district, status, type, API number, or bounding box. Intuitive status/type values like 'active' and 'oil' are supported.
getWellDetail
Get full well details by API number.
countWells
Count wells matching filters (operator, county, field, district, status, type).
searchWellsByRadius
Search wells within a radius (miles) of a lat/lon coordinate.
searchFacilities
Search CalGEM facilities by operator, county, type, or bounding box.
searchIncidents
Search CalGEM incidents by operator, field, incident type/status, year, or bounding box.
searchNotices
Search CalGEM regulatory notices by operator, county, status, or notice type. County is mapped through California API prefixes.

Requirements

No authentication required
Free public API. Toggle on from the /mcp page.

Quick Setup Guide

Follow these steps to connect your AI agents to this connector

Navigate to /mcp and enable the CalGEM WellSTAR connector. No credentials needed.

Search California wells by operator, county, or field. Use searchIncidents to find regulatory events.

Connect to Your AI Assistant

Choose your AI assistant below for specific setup instructions

Follow these steps to connect CalGEM WellSTAR to Claude:

Step 1: Open Claude Settings

Launch Claude → Click the profile button (bottom left) → Navigate to Settings

Step 2: Access Connectors

Scroll down to the Connectors tab → Navigate to the bottom → Click “Add Custom Connector”

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the Connector

Paste the URL in the “Remote MCP Server URL” text box → Click Add

Step 6: Start Using

Your connector is now ready to use in Claude

Follow these steps to connect CalGEM WellSTAR to ChatGPT:

Step 1: Enable Developer Mode

Go to Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Enable Developer mode

Step 2: Create New Connector

Go back to Connectors page → Click “Create” (top right)

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector (descriptions are optional)

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the URL

Paste the URL in the “MCP Server URL” text box

Step 6: Set Authentication

Click the authentication dropdown → Select “No authentication” (PatchOps handles authentication internally)

Step 7: Create the Connector

Click “I understand and want to continue” checkbox → Press Create

Step 8: Using the Connector

Start a new chat → Click the + button (left of text box) → Open dropdown → Hover over three dots labeled “More” → Select your connector

Instructions for connecting CalGEM WellSTAR to GitHub Copilot:

Coming Soon

Detailed setup instructions for GitHub Copilot will be added here.

For other MCP-compatible platforms:

Step 1: Get the Connector URL

Step 2: Add to Configuration

Add this configuration to your MCP settings file. Replace the URL with your specific connector URL from the /mcp page:

"CalGEM WellSTAR-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}

Example Configuration

Here’s an example using PatchOps MCP:

"PatchOps-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}