API 04-073-00049OrphanedOil well
James N. Crofton 1
Oil well in San Diego County, California · operated by South Bay 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
Apr 13, 1931
Drilling began
Completion
—
Plug date
—
Total depth
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Registry record
- API #
- 04-073-00049
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Idle))
- Type
- Oil(OG)
- Field
- Any Field
- County
- San Diego
- Coordinates
- 32.56235, -117.12002
- State record #
- 1508
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1
- Active
- 0
- States
- CA
- As filed
- South Bay Oil & Gas Co., Ltd.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott 1 | 04-073-00012 | Orphaned | Oil | Community Oil Well |
| Lease by Community Oil Well 2 | 04-073-00008 | Orphaned | Oil | Community Oil Well |
| Lease by San Diego Gas & Petroleum Corp. 1 | 04-073-00042 | Orphaned | Oil | San Diego Gas & Petroleum Corp. |
| Lease by Le Tengo Oil Co. 1 | 04-073-00027 | Shut-in | Oil | Le Tengo Oil Co. |
| Lease by Otay Oil Co. 1 | 04-073-00038 | Orphaned | Oil | Otay Oil Co. |
| Lease by Palm City Oil Co. 1 | 04-073-00040 | Orphaned | Oil | Palm City Oil Co. |
Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.