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API 04-029-13608OrphanedOil well

Lease by Shell Western E&P Inc. 1

Oil well in Kern County, California · operated by Shell Western E&p

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 #
04-029-13608
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Plugged))
Type
Oil(OG)
Field
Buttonwillow Gas (ABD)
County
Kern
Coordinates
35.53761, -119.54630
State record #
60683

Operator

Shell Western E&p

Wells operated
2,500
Active
0
States
AL, CA, KS, LA, ND
As filed
Shell Western E&P Inc.

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