---
title: "Get latest drilling intelligence summary (compatibility alias)"
method: GET
path: "/v1/drilling/latest"
tags: ["Drilling Intelligence"]
---

# Get latest drilling intelligence summary (compatibility alias)

`GET /v1/drilling/latest`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.oilpriceapi.com`
- URL: `https://api.oilpriceapi.com/v1/drilling/latest`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`

Backward-compatible SDK alias for the cached drilling intelligence summary payload.
Prefer `/v1/drilling-intelligence/summary` for new integrations.
**Requires the Scale plan.**

## Response `200`

Latest drilling intelligence summary

- DrillingIntelligenceSummaryResponse
  - `status` string, required
  - `data` object, required
    - `rig_counts` object, required
    - `frac_spread_count` integer, nullable, required
    - `well_permits` object, required
      - `last_30d` integer
      - `by_state` object
    - `duc_wells_total` integer, required
    - `deltas` object, required
    - `last_updated` string, date-time, nullable, required

## Other responses

- `401`: Unauthorized - missing or invalid API key
- `403`: Insufficient plan - Scale required
- `500`: Unexpected server error. Retry transient failures with bounded backoff and retain the request ID when contacting support.

## Changes

- **2026-08-07** `5a5ce424cacc`: 6 warning, 3 info
  - removed the optional property `duc_wells` from the response with the `200` status
  - removed the optional property `frac_spreads` from the response with the `200` status
  - removed the optional property `last_updated` from the response with the `200` status
  - removed the optional property `rig_counts` from the response with the `200` status
  - …5 more

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/oilpriceapi/apis/oil-price-api-v1/changes/v1/drilling/latest/get.md)

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