API 04-029-06226OrphanedOil well
Bill Handel 1
Oil well in Kern County, California · operated by Ballard Oil
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 #
- 04-029-06226
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Idle))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Edison
- County
- Kern
- Coordinates
- 35.29913, -118.83810
- State record #
- 88072
Operator
- Wells operated
- 41
- Active
- 14
- States
- CA
- As filed
- Ballard Oil Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Must Dew 1 | 04-029-74747 | Other status | Oil | Badger Oil Corp. |
| Mission-Frick 3 | 04-029-69708 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mission Resources |
| Cauzza et al Pool 1-3 | 04-029-72992 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Green Earth Resources, Inc. |
| Tejon Ranch 1 | 04-029-68917 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Quintana Petroleum Corporation |
| Tipton-Stockton 18-35 | 04-029-14359 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hunter Petroleum Company |
| Conoco Tejon Ranch 2 | 04-029-63768 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Conoco Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.