API 04-283-20265OrphanedOil well
Ames 3242 10
Oil well in Santa Barbara Offshore County, California · operated by State Lands Commission
Documented orphaned well. This well appears in the federal/state orphaned-well inventory — unplugged, with no solvent operator of record. See the orphan-well census for state and county totals and the $4.7B federal plugging program.
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Registry record
- API #
- 04-283-20265
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Idle))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Elwood, South, Offshore
- County
- Santa Barbara Offshore
- Coordinates
- 34.39054, -119.90601
- State record #
- 97500
Operator
- Wells operated
- 172
- Active
- 0
- States
- CA
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Hope Ranch C.h. 11 | 04-283-04053 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Arco Oil and Gas Co. |
| South Hope Ranch C.H. 1 | 04-283-04046 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arco Oil and Gas Co. |
| South Hope Ranch C.H. 8 | 04-283-04052 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arco Oil and Gas Co. |
| South Hope Ranch C.H. 9 | 04-283-04259 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atlantic Richfield Company |
| Lease by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. 7R-50A | 04-283-04763 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. |
| R-H-S State 309 6 | 04-283-03787 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Arco Oil and Gas Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.