Michigan's natural gas system is complex and diverse with over 59,000 miles of distribution pipelines, 3.3 million service lines, and 9,000 miles of transmission and gathering pipelines that serve the needs of customers in the Upper and Lower Peninsulas. To learn more about the exploration, production, transmission, storage, distribution, and marketing of natural gas in Michigan, click here
Permit application P-171-G (01/2023 revision) is available in Microsoft Word or Excel, and Adobe Acrobat PDF formats. These formats will allow you to enter information onto the form electronically.
General instructions for completing the form are included at the top of the form. Questions on the permit application should be directed to MPSC production staff.
The MPSC and the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s Geologic Resources Management Division (EGLE-GRMD) use common forms for reporting production to both agencies.
All Oil and Gas monthly and annual production data reporting will be done through the MiSTAR Production web application. This system replaces the MPSC'S Oil and Gas Production E-file reporting system and GRMD's Monthly/Annual Production Reports (Formerly forms EQP 7101/7101A) and Monthly Production Report (Trenton Black River) (Formerly form EQP 7105). MiSTAR Production allows operators to electronically submit data to fulfill regulatory requirements.
Please refer to EGLE-GRMD’s MiSTAR - Production Reporting for more information about electronic filing of monthly production reports.
Please refer to EGLE-GRMD's Dataminer application for access to natural gas production data.
For production questions, contact MPSC production staff
Gas Safety & Operations Division, Phone: 517-284-8220
Cindy Creisher, 517-275-2823, creisherc@michigan.gov
Kevin Spence, 517-284-8263, spencek@michigan.gov
For information related to oil production, see the EGLE-GMRD.
Additional Michigan Natural Gas Production Information at the Michigan Public Service Commission:
