{"name":"Aera Energy Drilling Activity in Santa Barbara County, California","publisher":"Buckhead Energy","url":"https://www.buckheadenergy.com/operators/aera-energy/california/santa-barbara","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","dataAsOf":"2026-07-02","source":"Public state oil & gas well-header records (permits, spuds, completions).","operator":"Aera Energy","operatorSlug":"aera-energy","state":"CA","county":"Santa Barbara","totalWells":71,"producingWells":0,"permits24mo":0,"spuds24mo":0,"ducCount":0,"topFormation":"Monterey","rankInCounty":4,"firstPermitDate":"2015-05-07","lastPermitDate":"2015-05-10"}