PA DEP Bureau of Oil & Gas Management

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Pennsylvania DEP Marcellus / Utica oil & gas — ~25K unconventional + ~199K conventional wells, drilling permits, ~27K orphaned wells, ~39K Complaints (DEP doesn't publish violations as Feature Service).

What is PA DEP Bureau of Oil & Gas Management?

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection — Bureau of Oil & Gas Management. PA's quirk: O&G regulator lives under DEP (the environmental agency), not a separate Railroad Commission analog. ~25,039 Unconventional Wells (Marcellus + Utica horizontals — Range Resources Appalachia, EQT, Coterra dominant). ~198,856 Conventional Wells (legacy vertical oil + gas). PA does NOT use a 14-digit API number — wells keyed by `PERMIT_NUMBER` like `003-22621` (county prefix + sequential). WELL_STATUS distinct values (probed): Active (104,612), Plugged OG Well (52,035), Operator Reported Not Drilled (26,816), DEP Abandoned List (14,979), Proposed But Never Materialized (8,071), DEP Orphan List (6,341), Abandoned (6,101), DEP Plugged (3,746), Cannot Be Located, Regulatory Inactive Status, Duplicate, Uncharted Mined Through. WELL_CONFIG_CODE: Vertical Well (199K conv), Horizontal Well (23K unconv), Deviated Well, Undetermined. WELL_TYPE: GAS (112K), OIL (70.7K), COMB. OIL&GAS, INJECTION, COALBED METHANE, STORAGE WELL. ~27,421 Abandoned and Orphaned Wells (DEP Orphan List + DEP Abandoned List + Abandoned). DEP does NOT publish a violations Feature Service — eFACTS is web-UI only. Complaints layer (~39,305) used as proxy: TYPE_DESC includes Mine Subsidence (9,865), Water Contamination (5,660), Land Contamination (5,369), Air Contamination (4,337), Spill Response, etc. Production reports are NOT a Feature Service either — distributed as XML feeds at greenport.pa.gov; spec method `searchProductionReports` was dropped. Washington / Bradford / Susquehanna / Greene counties dominate Marcellus core.

Available Tools

searchWells
PA O&G wells (~224K total). Filter county/operator/status/wellType/wellConfig/wellCategory.
searchPermits
PA drilling permits — wells with PERMIT_DATE in window. Default unconv, last 365 days.
getWellByApi
Single well lookup by PA permit number (e.g. '003-22621'). PA does NOT use 14-digit API.
searchOrphanedWells
PA abandoned + orphaned wells (~27K). DEP Orphan List + DEP Abandoned List + Abandoned.
searchViolationsAndComplaints
PA DEP Complaints (~39K). DEP doesn't publish violations as Feature Service.
getServiceInfo
Schema + record counts for any of the 4 services.

Requirements

ENABLE_ENERGY_APIS
Set ENABLE_ENERGY_APIS=true to allow connector toggles.

Quick Setup Guide

Follow these steps to connect your AI agents to this connector

Set ENABLE_ENERGY_APIS=true for your deployment.

Open /mcp and turn on PA DEP Bureau of Oil & Gas with the energy switch.

Call the pa-dep-oilgas MCP tool — start with method=searchWells or method=searchPermits.

Connect to Your AI Assistant

Choose your AI assistant below for specific setup instructions

Follow these steps to connect PA DEP Bureau of Oil & Gas Management 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 PA DEP Bureau of Oil & Gas Management 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 PA DEP Bureau of Oil & Gas Management 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:

"PA DEP Bureau of Oil & Gas Management-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"
}