API 04-039-00156OrphanedOther type well
Lease by F. A. Rife & Co. 1
Other type well in Madera County, California · operated by Fa Rife &
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 1, 1917
Drilling began
Completion
—
Plug date
—
Total depth
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Registry record
- API #
- 04-039-00156
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Idle))
- Type
- Other type(DH)
- Field
- Any Field
- County
- Madera
- Coordinates
- 36.89061, -119.82093
- State record #
- 8603
Operator
- Wells operated
- 1
- Active
- 0
- States
- CA
- As filed
- F. A. Rife & Co.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.C. Forkner 1 | 04-019-06021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sam B. Herndon, Operator |
| KCL-Munier 1 | 04-019-20145 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arco Oil and Gas Co. |
| Lease by Long & Hedges 2-18 | 04-019-05990 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Long & Hedges |
| Lease by C. C. Harris, Trustee 1 | 04-019-05986 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C. C. Harris, Trustee |
| Lease by Long & Hedges 1-7 | 04-019-05989 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Long & Hedges |
| Foss 1 | 04-039-00157 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas LLC |
Dataset updated . Source: California oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.