API 04-083-01210OrphanedOil well
G. Gibson 5
Oil well in Santa Barbara County, California · operated by Hvi Cat Canyon
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
Mar 26, 1964
Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
—
Total depth
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Registry record
- API #
- 04-083-01210
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Idle))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Cat Canyon
- County
- Santa Barbara
- Coordinates
- 34.80635, -120.26938
- State record #
- 63998
Operator
- Wells operated
- 282
- Active
- 0
- States
- CA
- As filed
- HVI Cat Canyon, Inc.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crandall-Marquis 1 | 04-083-21850 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Oil Company of California |
| G. Buell 3 | 04-083-04466 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Whittier Assoc. |
| R. Buell 1 | 04-083-04467 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Whittier Assoc. |
| Fox 1 | 04-083-04513 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Aera Energy LLC |
| Lease by Purissima Hills Oil Co. 1 | 04-083-04399 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Purissima Hills Oil Co. |
| Carter-Jim 2 | 04-083-04357 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Al Godfrey Drilling Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.