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API 04-059-00988OrphanedOil well

Lease by Great American Petroleum Co. 1

Oil well in Orange County, California · operated by Great American Petroleum

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

May 25, 1934

Drilling began

Completion

Plug date

Total depth

Registry record

API #
04-059-00988
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Idle))
Type
Oil(OG)
Field
Any Field
County
Orange
Coordinates
33.65249, -117.89746
State record #
1513

Operator

Great American Petroleum

Wells operated
22
Active
0
States
CA, WV
As filed
Great American Petroleum Co.

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Irvine 104-059-01205Plugged & abandonedOther typeShell Western E&P Inc.
Irvine Four 51-130-R04-059-01133Plugged & abandonedOther typeShell Western E&P Inc.
Irvine Four 51-13004-059-01132Plugged & abandonedOther typeShell Western E&P Inc.

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