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API 04-030-14846OrphanedOil well

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Oil well in Kern County, California · operated by Tri Valley Oil & Gas

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.

Spud date

Feb 7, 2000

Drilling began

Completion

Plug date

Total depth

Registry record

API #
04-030-14846
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Idle))
Type
Oil(OG)
Field
Semitropic
County
Kern
Coordinates
35.60258, -119.58714
State record #
223062

Operator

Tri Valley Oil & Gas

Wells operated
142
Active
0
States
CA
As filed
Tri-Valley Oil & Gas Co.

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Palla 1-2204-030-58218Other statusOilCalifornia Resources Production Corporation
Palla 1-22A04-030-65335Shut-inOilCalifornia Resources Production Corporation
Miller & Lux Option 104-029-03659Plugged & abandonedOther typeChevron U.S.A. Inc.
Houchin 104-029-60241Plugged & abandonedOther typeChevron U.S.A. Inc.
Lease by Aera Energy LLC 418J-1304-029-74436Plugged & abandonedOther typeAera Energy LLC
Houchin 1-X04-029-60667Plugged & abandonedOther typeChevron U.S.A. Inc.

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