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API 04-029-15351Plugged & abandonedOil well

Buena Vista A-1

Oil well in Kern County, California · operated by Merit Energy

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Completion

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Total depth

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

Merit Energy

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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Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.