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API 04-073-00039OrphanedOil well

Lease by L. Overbaugh & Rufus Choate 1

Oil well in San Diego County, California · operated by L Overbaugh & Rufus Choate

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

Oct 1, 1924

Drilling began

Completion

Plug date

Total depth

Registry record

API #
04-073-00039
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Idle))
Type
Oil(OG)
Field
Any Field
County
San Diego
Coordinates
32.70324, -117.05262
State record #
1514

Operator

L Overbaugh & Rufus Choate

Wells operated
1
Active
0
States
CA
As filed
L. Overbaugh & Rufus Choate

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Lease by Palm City Oil Co. 104-073-00040OrphanedOilPalm City Oil Co.
Robert Egger 104-073-00015Plugged & abandonedOther typeRobert Egger
Lease by National City Oil Co. 104-073-00036OrphanedOilNational City Oil Co.
Lease by Todd & Clark 104-073-00052OrphanedOilTodd & Clark
Lease by W. P. Hanson 104-073-00019OrphanedOilW. P. Hanson
Balboa 104-073-00047OrphanedOilJ. A. Smith & F. R. Williams

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