API 04-039-00003Plugged & abandonedOil well
Chowchilla 3
Oil well in Madera County, California · operated by Ea Bender
Spud date
May 11, 1936
Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
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Total depth
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Registry record
- API #
- 04-039-00003
- Status
- Plugged & abandoned(state code: Plugged)
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Chowchilla Gas
- County
- Madera
- Coordinates
- 37.05495, -120.47134
- State record #
- 64911
Operator
- Wells operated
- 40
- Active
- 0
- States
- CA
- As filed
- E. A. Bender
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B & N 2 | 04-019-23490 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas LLC |
| B.B. Limited 1 | 04-039-20020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atlantic Oil Company |
| Chowchilla 27-26 | 04-039-00126 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. |
| Triangle T 1-29 | 04-039-20072 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Lario Oil & Gas Co. |
| Triangle T 1-26 | 04-039-20047 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nordic Oil Company |
| B & N 1 | 04-019-23191 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas LLC |
Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.