CalGEM state abandonment program scope; Phase 2 plan final Oct 2024
- Record
rec-p11ca-opp-program- State
- CA
- Category
- opportunities · program_status
- Status
- observed
- Period
- 2026
- Quality
- Unreviewed
- Review state
- Pending review
- Native ID
calgem-state-abandonments-hub
Fields
- definition
- An oil and gas state abandonment is the plugging and abandonment (permanent closure and sealing) of an orphan or deserted (or potentially deserted) oil and gas well through a state contract.
- phase2 plan
- October 2024: CalGEM released the final Phase 2 State Abandonment Expenditure Plan on Thursday, October 14, 2024. The plan includes the second phase of orphan wells proposed for permanent plugging and sealing using state and federal funds. All public comments received were considered for incorporation into the plan.
Evidence
- definition:
An oil and gas state abandonment is the plugging and abandonment (permanent closure and sealing) of an orphan or deserted (or potentially deserted) oil and gas well through a state contract.
https://www.conservation.ca.gov/calgem/Pages/State-Abandonments.aspx · page body definition sentence (evidence p11-CA-state-abandonments.txt line 99) · sourcep11ca-opp-src-02· visitp11ca-opp-vi-02 - phase2 plan:
October 2024: CalGEM released the final Phase 2 State Abandonment Expenditure Plan on Thursday, October 14, 2024. The plan includes the second phase of orphan wells proposed for permanent plugging and sealing using state and federal funds. All public comments received were considered for incorporation into the plan.
https://www.conservation.ca.gov/calgem/Pages/State-Abandonments.aspx · Phase 2 plan update (evidence line 168) · sourcep11ca-opp-src-02· visitp11ca-opp-vi-02
Provenance
Collected 2026-10-04 by agent p11-CA. Still missing: phase2 well count, phase2 dollar value.