API 04-037-08651OrphanedOil well
Higbie 1
Oil well in Los Angeles County, California · operated by Union Oil Company Of California
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
Jan 20, 1929
Drilling began
Completion
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Plug date
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Total depth
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Registry record
- API #
- 04-037-08651
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Idle))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Lawndale (ABD)
- County
- Los Angeles
- Coordinates
- 33.90427, -118.36097
- State record #
- 134856
Operator
Union Oil Company Of California
- Wells operated
- 3,476
- Active
- 119
- States
- AL, CA, CO, IL, KS, MT, ND, NY
- As filed
- Union Oil Company of California
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nwu 43-50 | 04-037-03770 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Warren E&P, Inc. |
| WTU Unknown 1 | 04-037-25211 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Exxon Mobil Corporation |
| Wtu 820 | 04-037-01899 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Exxon Mobil Corporation |
| Dines 1-31 | 04-037-17801 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | John Schumacher |
| Wtu 1617 | 04-037-03801 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Exxon Mobil Corporation |
| Nwu 36-34 | 04-037-03891 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Warren E&P, Inc. |
Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.