API 04-111-20468OrphanedOil well
Friedrich Unit 3 2
Oil well in Ventura County, California · operated by Tenneco 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.
Spud date
Aug 6, 1973
Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
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Total depth
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Registry record
- API #
- 04-111-20468
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Idle))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Santa Clara Avenue
- County
- Ventura
- Coordinates
- 34.22920, -119.13813
- State record #
- 219509
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1,265
- Active
- 4
- States
- AL, AR, CA, CO, KS, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, NM, OK, UT, WY
- As filed
- Tenneco Oil Company
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura Co. Game Preserve 1 | 04-111-05544 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Magu Oil Co. |
| Broome 1 | 04-111-05602 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Van Noy Drilling Co., Inc |
| Santa Barbara Core Hole 23 | 04-211-06187 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Oil Company of California |
| Michler 1 | 04-111-05606 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Magu Oil Co. |
| Union-Laubacher 1 | 04-111-05594 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. |
| P.R.C. 3946 C.H. 1 | 04-111-20097 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Western E&P Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.