API 04-029-38808OrphanedOil well
Birch Ranch 2
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 #
- 04-029-38808
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Idle))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Midway-Sunset
- County
- Kern
- Coordinates
- 35.05124, -119.37193
- State record #
- 159231
Operator
- Wells operated
- 41
- Active
- 14
- States
- CA
- As filed
- Ballard Oil Inc.
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stubblefield 1 | 04-029-36473 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R. B. Jackson |
| Explorer 1 | 04-029-36525 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sigmund Matejko |
| Pancho 1 | 04-029-39415 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Santa Fe Minerals, Inc. |
| Cuyama 1 | 04-079-00555 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | U. S. Drilling Co. |
| Stubblefield Fickle 1 | 04-029-19901 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. |
| Hudson 1 | 04-029-37675 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Trico Industries Inc |
Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.