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API 04-037-00494OrphanedOil well

Knapp 3

Oil well in Los Angeles County, California · operated by Frank Knapp

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.

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Registry record

API #
04-037-00494
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Idle))
Type
Oil(OG)
Field
Any Field
County
Los Angeles
Coordinates
34.19492, -118.66446
State record #
1971

Operator

Frank Knapp

Wells operated
1
Active
0
States
CA

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Nearby wells

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Danzinger 104-037-06224Plugged & abandonedOther typeWatkins Drilling Co.
Sylvia Park 104-037-05701Plugged & abandonedOther typeMonarch Oil Corp.
Lease by Pugh-Miller Drilling Co. 104-037-05786OrphanedOilPugh-Miller Drilling Co.

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