API 04-029-15351Plugged & abandonedOil well
Buena Vista A-1
Oil well in Kern County, California · operated by Merit Energy
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Registry record
- API #
- 04-029-15351
- Status
- Plugged & abandoned(state code: Plugged)
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Coles Levee, South
- County
- Kern
- Coordinates
- 35.25259, -119.33986
- State record #
- 75388
Operator
- Wells operated
- 7,361
- Active
- 4,338
- States
- AR, CA, CO, KS, LA, MI, MT, ND, NM, OK, UT, WY
- As filed
- Merit Energy Company
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Leaf 1 | 04-029-39218 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Vista Grande Oil Co. |
| Lease by West Kern Oil Museum, Inc. 17 | 04-029-38861 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | West Kern Oil Museum, Inc. |
| Lease by California Resources Elk Hills, LLC 1-21D | 04-029-49650 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | California Resources Elk Hills, LLC |
| Lease by California Resources Elk Hills, LLC 1A-21D | 04-029-75577 | Shut-in | Injection | California Resources Elk Hills, LLC |
| Unspecified 73-19D | 04-029-07241 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | California Resources Production Corporation |
| Unspecified 80-19D | 04-029-07242 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | California Resources Production Corporation |
Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.